[Complications of female genital mutilation: epidemiology and management of cases at Ouahigouya regional teaching hospital, Burkina Faso].

Background: Female genital mutilation is still common in Burkina Faso, despite decades of struggle against its practice. The northern region of this country has one of the highest prevalence of this practice at the national level with 76% of women mutilated. The objective of our study was to describe the health complications of female genital mutilation treated in the referral hospital in this region.