@article{ref1,
title="Hymenal transections in children found by photocolposcopy in suspected sexual abuse cases is associated with a history of bleeding",
journal="Journal of forensic and legal medicine",
year="2021",
author="Garfield, Gitte Bech and Schou, Mette Pagh and Lassen, Karin and Leth, Peter Mygind",
volume="80",
number="",
pages="102176-102176",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To investigate the difference in selected variables between children with and without hymenal transection, which is a healed defect that extends through the entire depth of the posterior hymenal membrane to the vaginal wall. <br><br>MATERIALS AND METHODS: All female children from Southern Denmark who were examined by photocolposcopy in a six-year period were included in a retrospective cohort study. Statistical analyses included a chi-square test and a logistic regression analysis. <br><br>RESULTS: Eighty girls under 15 years of age who were suspected to have been sexually abused were included. Sixteen of the girls had hymenal transections. There was a statistically significant correlation between the presence of hymenal transections and reported fresh bleeding after the assault. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Bleeding after an assault could indicate more severe lesions, which might explain why these patients did not heal completely.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1752-928X",
doi="10.1016/j.jflm.2021.102176",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2021.102176"
}