Modified balloon vaginoplasty: the fastest way to create a natural neovagina. Minor changes in technique eliminate the need for customized instruments

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 201, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 546.e1-546.e5

  El Saman, Ali M ^a   Fathalla, Mohamed M F ^a   Zakherah, Mahmoud S ^a   Shaaban, Omar M ^a   Nasr, Ahmed ^a  

^a ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

balloon vaginoplasty; laparoscopy; retropubic vaginoplasty; vaginal aplasia

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON VAGINOPLASTY; CATHETER REMOVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DILATATION; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NEEDLE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; RECTUM; RECTUM INJURY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETHRA; URETHRA INJURY; VAGINA APLASIA; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BALLOON DILATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; VAGINA; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350494503     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.09.018     Document Type: Article

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