Urinary retention is an inability to urinate due to mechanical or functional reason. It is a common urological pathology and the ratio of females to males is about 10/1. One of reasons of urinary retention that has been rarely observed in females is the female genital mutilation that continues to be commonly implemented in underdeveloped societies. In our case, 16 years old female with type 3 genital mutilation had difficulty in urination for a long time. It was learned that case sometimes had problem of glob vesicale as a result of urinary retention and temporal catheterization was implemented since she was inability to urinate. She was hospitalized by performing transurethral catheterization. Discussion of this situation causing many iatrogenic complications after female genital mutilation that has been implemented in poor societies at the present time was aimed via case of which suitable surgical operation and urogenital anatomy were provided.
 

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