Vaginal agenesis.
Vaginal agenesis is not rare. Many ingenious procedures have been devised for its correction; some are simple, and some are complicated. Not enough emphasis has been placed on the emotional aspects when patients with this problem are treated. Proper timing of the operation and selection of the best procedure are discussed. We feel that procedure of choice is the simplest, least dangerous one which will give good results in the individual patient. Rather than using the same routine procedure in each patient, we fitted the treatment to each patient. Our experience, particularly with the simple vulvovaginoplasty technique, is given. Postoperative support and encouragement are needed to have a successful outcome.
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011182:Postoperative Care; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D014621:Vagina / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D014844:Vulva / Q000601:surgery