Sigmoid colon vaginoplasty: A modified method

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1148-1155

  Franz, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOID; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA APLASIA; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; COLON, SIGMOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA;

EID: 0029845469     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1996.tb09599.x     Document Type: Article

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