Citation

Rossman L, Solis S, Ouellette L, Kolacki C, Jones JS. Am. J. Emerg. Med. 2020; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ajem.2020.10.059

PMID

33162265

Abstract

There is scant literature addressing genital injuries in sexually assaulted women who had no prior sexual intercourse experience at the time of the assault. Prior studies in adolescent patients suggest that young women without prior sexual intercourse suffer more anogenital injuries after assault, in different locations, when compared to those women who have had prior sexual intercourse experience. However, clinical evidence and the literature on sexual assault indicate that not all cases of penetration result in perforation of the hymen or subsequent visible genital injuries regardless of sexual intercourse experience. We designed this retrospective study to document the incidence and location of anogenital injuries from sexual assault in women with and without prior sexual intercourse experience.

Language: en

Keywords

Injury; Sexual assault; Genital trauma; Intercourse