Creation of a neovagina in patients with Rokitansky syndrome using peritoneum from the pouch of Douglas: an analysis of 48 cases

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 827-832

  de Sousa Marques, Herbert ^a   dos Santos, Francisca Lopes ^a   Lopes Costa, Pedro Vitor ^a   dos Santos, Alesse Ribeiro ^a   da Silva, Benedito Borges ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

construction; genital malformations; Neovagina; pelvic peritoneum; Rokitansky syndrome; uterovaginal agenesis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOUTERINE POUCH; ROKITANSKY SYNDROME; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA APLASIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; PERITONEUM; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA;

EID: 51449110882     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.07.1321     Document Type: Article

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