Functional and anatomic results of amnion vaginoplasty in young women with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 317-323

  Fotopoulou, Christina ^a   Sehouli, Jalid ^a   Gehrmann, Nicole ^a   Schoenborn, Ines ^a   Lichtenegger, Werner ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

amnion; Mayer Rokitansky K ster Hauser syndrome; vaginal reconstruction; vesicorectal space

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; FREEZE DRYING; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM CARE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROKITANSKY SYNDROME; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUALITY; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MULLERIAN DUCTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952541804     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.01.154     Document Type: Article

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