The anterior sagittal transanorectal approach: A modified approach to 1-stage clitoral vaginoplasty in severely masculinized female pseudohermaphrodites - Preliminary results

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 330-332

  Di Benedetto, V ^a   Gioviale, M ^a   Bagnara, V ^a   Cacciaguerra, S ^a   Di Benedetto, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenogenital hyperplasia; Clitoris; Congenital; Pseudohermaphroditism; Vagina

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLITORIS; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; DENYS DRASH SYNDROME; FEMALE; FEMALE PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLITORIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; RECTUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; VAGINA;

EID: 0031060550     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)65371-0     Document Type: Article

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