Fine needle vaginoplasty: a simplified novel approach for correction of vaginal aplasia

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 309-312

  Darwish, Atef Mohammad ^a  

^a ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

fine needle; vaginal aplasia; Vaginoplasty

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SURGICAL APPROACH; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERUS; VAGINA APLASIA; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; NEEDLES; PILOT PROJECTS; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952547127     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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