Reconstructive surgery for congenital atresia of the uterine cervix.
Reconstructive surgery for congenital atresia of the uterine cervix, utilizing the atretic cervix as a conduit for the permanent fistulous communication between the endometrial cavity and vagina, has resulted in the establishment of cyclic menses in four patients followed for up to 27 months postoperatively. A detailed review of maternal obstetric histories failed to reveal a common factor causally related to this extremely unusual and formerly hopeless congenital anomaly of the Müllerian ducts.
D000293:Adolescent; D000568:Amenorrhea / Q000209:etiology; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods