| Literature DB >> 16108754 |
Gad Lotan1, Roy Mashiach, Ariel Halevy.
Abstract
The congenital absence of the vagina is an uncommonly encountered malformation, known as Rokitanski- Kuster-Hauser syndrome. These patients may enjoy an improved quality of sexual life once a neovagina is constructed. Surgical and nonsurgical (Frank's autodilatation) methods of creating a neovagina by recurrent dilatations require long and often embarrassing self-catheterization which is often painful, and yield a vagina with limited length. The developing ability to perform complicated surgery by laparoscopy has revived interest in colonic and ileal interposition procedures for formation of a neovagina. We report a case of sigmoid colpoplasty for neovagina creation in a 15-year-old girl, performed completely by laparoscopy, with a favorable outcome and an easier recovery.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16108754 DOI: 10.1089/lap.2005.15.435
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A ISSN: 1092-6429 Impact factor: 1.878