Creation of neovagina by laparoscopic Vecchietti operation

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques - Part A

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 425-427

  Chatwani, Ashwin ^a,b   Nyirjesy, Paul ^a   Harmanli, Ozgur H ^a   Grody, M H T ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROKITANSKY SYNDROME; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA APLASIA; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0032880137     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.1999.9.425     Document Type: Article

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