'Doing hymen reconstruction': an analysis of perceptions and experiences of Flemish gynaecologists.
Els LeyeEmilomo OgbeMaaike HeyerickPublished in: BMC women's health (2018)
The responses of this survey cannot be generalised to the entire population of gynaecologists in Flanders, but do provide insights in how gynaecologists confronted with HR are approaching such requests, and thus contributes to the empirical evidence. Our paper showed that many Flemish gynaecologist are likely to encounter requests for hymenoplasty, but that a majority would not perform the surgery. There seems to be a lack of guidance and debate in Flanders on the social and moral dimensions of HR, and a number of complexities were revealed when gynaecologists address HR that need further research.