Early prolapse of a neovagina created with self-dilatation and treated with sacrospinous ligament suspension in a patient with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome: a case report

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 267.e1-267.e4

  Calcagno, Marco ^a   Pastore, Maria ^a   Bellati, Filippo ^a   Plotti, Francesco ^a   Maffucci, Diana ^a   Boni, Terenzio ^a   Benedetti Panici, Pierluigi ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Frank's method; MRKH syndrome; sacrospinous ligament suspension; vaginal dilators; Vaginal elongation; vaginal prolapse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VAGINA; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROKITANSKY SYNDROME; SACROSPINOUS LIGAMENT SUSPENSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VAGINA; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; VAGINAL DILATION;

EID: 72749106040     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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