Reconstruction of vaginal agenesis

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 673-678

  Özkan, Özlenen ^a   Erman Akar, Münire ^a   Özkan, Ömer ^a   Doǧan, N Utku ^b  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Zekai Tahir Burak Maternity Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

reconstruction; vaginal agenesis

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; REVIEW; VAGINA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VAGINA;

EID: 79958061209     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181edd50c     Document Type: Review

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