Abstract Book - 26th ESPU Congress, Joint Meeting with ICCS + SPU + AAP/SOU + AAPU + SFU

11:25 - 11:30

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ASSESSMENT OF GENITAL ORGAN PERCEPTION BY PARENTS IN MATERNITY

WARD.

Arthur LAURIOT DIT PREVOST

, Ouardia MAMOURI

, Estelle AUBRY

, Dyuti SHARMA

, René-Hilaire PRISO

, Dominique

THOMAS

, Maryse MACIEJEWSKY

, Thameur RAKZA

and Remi BESSON

1) Hôpital Jeanne de Flandre, Université de Lille, CHRU de Lille, Urologie pédiatrique, Lille, FRANCE - 2) Hôpital Jeanne

de Flandre, Université de Lille, CHRU de Lille, Maternité Jeanne de Flandre, Lille, FRANCE - 3) Hôpital Jeanne de Flandre,

Université de Lille, CHRU de Lille, Endocrinologie pédiatrique, Lille, FRANCE - 4) Hopital Jeanne de Flandre, Urologie

pédiatrique, Lille, FRANCE

PURPOSE

Many parents refer to their paediatrician because of genital organ (GO) malformation suspicion in their child.

Consultation seldom leads to such a diagnosis. A questionnaire was built comparing parental vs. paediatrician GO

assessment in maternity ward in order to highlight worrying aspects for the parents.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

The questionnaire was submitted to both paediatricians and parents, between November 2013 and January 2014. Data

regarding sex, term, anatomical characteristics (testis/penis, clitoris/labiae: aspect, size), socio-economical status of the

parents and genital medical history of both parents and siblings were collected.

RESULTS

Questionnaires were available from 29/1350 patients (2.15%), 14 of which were correctly filled in. There were 8 girls

and 6 boys. Parental examination found 6 anomalies (2 testes, one penis and 3 labiae) while only one anomaly was

noted by the parents in the group of 15 incomplete questionnaires. None of these 6 abnormalities were confirmed by

paediatricians. During the same period, a questionnaire regarding breast-feeding was submitted, collecting 360/1350

answers (26.67%).

CONCLUSIONS

The most important finding was the very low rate of answers. Morphological aspect of GO seems to be an embarrassing

topic for parents, thus leading to wrong assessment of normal GO anatomy and variability. It is suggested that the low

answer rate might be due to embarrassment, questionnaire complexity, and insufficient medical information when the

questionnaire was submitted to the parents. We advise that medical examination of GO be performed with the parents

in order to alleviate all possible doubts regarding GO abnormalities.