Vaginoplasty

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 415-418

  Davies, Melissa C ^a   Creighton, Sarah M ^b  

^a KINGSTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Napolitano and Prof David)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genital reconstruction; Sexual function; Vaginoplasty

Indexed keywords

AUTOGRAFT; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; DAVYDOV TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEUM; INTESTINE GRAFT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MCINDOE REED VAGINOPLASTY; PELVIS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; REVIEW; ROKITANSKY SYNDROME; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SIGMOID; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA; VAGINA APLASIA; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

DILATATION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; SURGICALLY-CREATED STRUCTURES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA;

EID: 35148897269     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e3282f0d5b3     Document Type: Review

References (12)

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8. Hensle TW, Shabsigh A, Shabsigh R, et al. Sexual function following bowel vaginoplasty. J Urol 2006; 175:2283-2286. Confirms good anatomical results and sexual function after intestinal neovagina in Rokitansky syndrome. Caution is needed, however, in interpreting these data as many women would have achieved a normal vagina with dilation and avoided surgical risk.
9. Khen-Dunlop N, Lortat-Jacob S, Thibaud E, et al. Rokitansky syndrome: clinical experience and results of sigmoid vaginoplasty in 23 young girls. J Urol 2007; 177:1107-1111. Confirms good anatomical results and sexual function after intestinal neovagina in Rokitansky syndrome. Caution is needed, however, in interpreting these data as many women would have achieved a normal vagina with dilation and avoided surgical risk..
10. Kapoor R, Sharma DK, Singh KJ, et al. Sigmoid vaginoplasty: long term results. Urology 2007; 67:1212-1215. Confirms good anatomical results and sexual function after intestinal neovagina in Rokitansky syndrome. Caution is needed, however, in interpreting these data as many women would have achieved a normal vagina with dilation and avoided surgical risk.
11. Imparato E, Alfei A, Aspesi G, et al. Long term results of sigmoid vaginoplasty in a consecutive series of 62 patients. Int J Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 2007; 21 March [E-pub ahead of print]. Confirms good anatomical results and sexual function after intestinal neovagina in Rokitansky syndrome. Caution is needed, however, in interpreting these data as many women would have achieved a normal vagina with dilation and avoided surgical risk.
12. Panici PB, Bellati F, Boni T, et al. Vaginoplasty using autologous in vitro cultured vaginal tissue in a patient with Mayer-von-Rokitansky-Kuster- Hauser syndrome. Hum Reprod 2007; 22:2025-2028. First paper to report this technique in humans. Exciting development and further reports awaited with interest. May revolutionize vaginal reconstruction techniques.