Neovagina creation in vaginal agenesis: development of a new laparoscopic Vecchietti-based procedure and optimized instruments in a prospective comparative interventional study in 101 patients

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1940-1952

  Brucker, Sara Y ^a   Gegusch, Michaela ^a   Zubke, Wolfgang ^a   Rall, Katharina ^a   Gauwerky, Johannes F ^b   Wallwiener, Diethelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b AGAPLESION MARKUS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

androgen insensitivity syndrome; Laparoscopic creation of neovagina; Mayer Rokitansky K ster Hauser syndrome; traction device; vaginal agenesis; vaginal aplasia; Vecchietti procedure

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LAPAROSCOPIC HEIDELBERG TUBINGEN VECCHIETTI PROCEDURE; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEOVAGINA CREATION; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACTION THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA APLASIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COITUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPES; LAPAROSCOPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SURGICALLY-CREATED STRUCTURES; TIME FACTORS; TRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55149114447     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.08.070     Document Type: Article

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