Vaginoplasty using amnion.
Fifteen patients with various developmental and acquired abnormalities of the vagina were treated by the application of human amnion over a mold after surgical dissection of a space for the new vagina or enlargement of an existing but strictured one. Excellent results were achieved in cases of complete and partial vaginal agenesis, and there was improvement in all of the patients with vaginal strictures.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000650:Amnion / Q000382:microbiology / Q000637:transplantation*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000002:abnormalities; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D014621:Vagina / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014623:Vaginal Diseases / Q000601:surgery