Citation

Diouf A, Gaye A, Sangare M, Ba Gueye M, Diadhiou F. Contracept. Fertil. Sex. (1992) 1995; 23(4): 267-270.

Vernacular Title

Prise en charge medicale de victimes presumees d'agression sexuelle a Dakar,

Affiliation

Clinique Gynécologique et Obstétricale/CHU, Dakar.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7757135

Abstract

Sexual assaults constitute a prominent fact of our societies to this end twentieth Century. Then its's very important for physicians to be informed about obstacles encoured to manage assaults victims. Our study presents 25 cases of sexual assaults listed in Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of University Center Hospital of Dakar. It works out that: there are adolescents in most cases (85%); delay of examination is too long (11 cases beyond 24 hours) and compromises cytologic exams; injuries evaluation is sometimes negative; no lesion of anal sodomy is found. The authors insist to provide more informations to physicians to overcome evaluation of assault victim which has an impact for legal proceeding against offender. They call gaps to fill up un senegalese jurisprudence about assault victim who gets an accidental pregnancy.

Language: fr