title: Experience with the split-thickness graft technique in congenital absence of the vagina.
abstract: Between 1961 and 1977 vaginoplasty was performed in 24 patients at the Zurich University Hospital, Department of Gynecology, using the split-thickness graft technique; in 22 cases the result was functionally satisfactory. Based on their experience and previous reports the authors describe the surgical technique and the follow-up measures designed to ensure a functionally and anatomically optimal result.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003075:Coitus; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D013997:Time Factors; D014621:Vagina / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery