Expert opinion: Vaginal aplasia: Creation of a neovagina following the Creatsas vaginoplasty

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 248-252

  Creatsas, George ^a   Deligeoroglou, Efthimios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Congenital anomaly; Vaginal aplasia

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE;

ARTICLE; CREATSAS VAGINOPLASTY; DIATHERMY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYMEN; INCISION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROKITANSKY SYNDROME; SAFETY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETHRA; VAGINA APLASIA; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; VULVA;

EID: 33947397984     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2007.02.018     Document Type: Article

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