title: Long-term satisfaction with Sheares vaginoplasty for congenital absence of the vagina.
abstract: Although a number of surgical and nonsurgical techniques have been described for the formation of a neovagina in cases of congenital absence, there are few reports on long-term results, and especially coital function. At the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, the modified Sheares technique has been used almost exclusively in cases of vaginal agenesis since 1972. This paper analyses the clinical details and surgical problems encountered, and assesses the long-term sexual satisfaction of the procedure. In 23 patients who were sexually active, satisfactory intercourse was occurring in 18, (78%), 3 patients had serious psychological problems and 1 was lost to follow up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Victoria.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Fliegner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003075:Coitus; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D014621:Vagina / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*