Laparoscopic-assisted Vecchietti procedure for creation of a neovagina: An analysis of five cases

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 307-310

  Kaloo, Philip ^a,b   Cooper, Michael ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA APLASIA; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; WELLBEING;

EID: 0036669014     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0004-8666.2002.300_6.x     Document Type: Article

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