Creation of a neovagina in Rokitansky patients with a pelvic kidney: comparison of long-term results of the modified Vecchietti and McIndoe techniques

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1280-1285

  Fedele, Luigi ^a   Frontino, Giada ^a   Motta, Francesca ^a   Restelli, Elisa ^a   Candiani, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

McIndoe; neovagina; pelvic kidney; Rokitansky syndrome; Vecchietti

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MCINDOE TECHNIQUE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROKITANSKY SYNDROME; SAFETY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THERAPY EFFECT; VAGINA EPITHELIUM; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; VECCHIETTI TECHNIQUE;

COITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LAPAROSCOPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA;

EID: 77049119514     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.020     Document Type: Article

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