Pregnancy success following surgical correction of imperforate hymen and complete transverse vaginal septum.
Pregnancy success was evaluated in 48 women following surgical correction of a vaginal obstruction due to imperforate hymen (N = 22) or to a complete transverse vaginal septum (N = 26). Pregnancy success was more likely to occur following surgical correction of imperforate hymen (P less than .05). Patients with a complete transverse septum in the middle or upper vagina were less likely to conceive than were patients with a septum in the lower vagina. Prompt diagnosis and surgical correction to drain accumulated blood may preserve preserve fertility possibly through the prevention of endometriosis.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006924:Hymen / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014621:Vagina / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery