- Pierre Foldès
The French surgeon, of Hungarian origin, Pierre Foldès is the inventor, in collaboration with the urologist
Jean-Antoine Robein , of a technique to repair the damage caused byfemale genital cutting . [ [http://www.afrik.com/article6941.html Le clitoris retrouvé : Le Dr Pierre Foldès répare l'excision - Pan Afrique - Sexualité - Femmes - Excision - Afrique ] ] [cite web
author = Ochieng’ Ogodo | title = Second Chance Against FGM | publisher = IslamOnline.net | date = 2007-01-07 | url = http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1165994389008&pagename=Zone-English-HealthScience%2FHSELayout | accessdate = 2007-03-15] This technique repairs some of the urologic and obstetric problems related to FGC, and also may allow the women to experience more pleasure during sexual stimulation.For the past 25 years, Foldès has worked to repair women who have experienced genital mutilation. He currently operates on approximately 200 women per year.His procedure consists of the removal of any scar tissue from the vulva, and of the lowering of the clitoris by cutting ligaments that support it while preserving nerves and blood vessels. Wedge plasty is used to reconstruct a clitoral glans. [cite journal | author = P Foldès | title = Reconstructive plastic surgery of the clitoris after sexual mutilation | journal = Prog. Urol. | volume = 14 | issue = 1 | pages = pp. 47–50 | publisher = Progres En Urologie, S.A.R.L. | month = February | year = 2004 | language = French | pmid = 15098751 | accessdate = 2007-03-14 ] Months of healing are required for the women to gain sensation in their newly exposed tissue. [ [http://living.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=516832004 Dr Foldes and the women - Scotsman.com Living ] ] [cite journal | author = P Foldès | title = Surgical Techniques: Reconstructive Surgery of the Clitoris after Ritual Excision | journal = The Journal of Sexual Medicine | volume = 3 | issue = 6 | pages = pp. 1091–1094 | publisher = Blackwell Synergy | month = November | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2006.00335.x | accessdate = 2007-03-14 ]
Pierre Foldes continues his work despite repeated death threats.
In 2006 the book "Victoire sur l’excision: Pierre Foldes, le chirurgien qui redonne l’espoir aux femmes mutilées" by Hubert Prolongeau was released, which chronicles the work of Foldès. It won the Prix Essai France Télévisions for 2006.cite book | author = Hubert Prolongeau | title = Victoire sur l’excision: Pierre Foldes, le chirurgien qui redonne l’espoir aux femmes mutilées | publisher = A. Michel | year = 2006 | location = Paris | language = French | id = ISBN 2226168044]
References
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Female genital cutting
*Circumcision
*Foreskin restoration
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