title: Use of laparoscopically mobilized peritoneum in the creation of a neovagina.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present an alternative technique for the creation of a neovagina.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Academic university gynecology clinic.
  
  
  METHODS
  A patient diagnosed with müllerian agenesis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Laparoscopically assisted creation of a neovagina by using peritoneum.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patient morbidity and satisfactory intercourse.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patient underwent the procedure satisfactorily and was discharged within 24 hours. She had no perioperative or postoperative complications, and she became satisfactorily sexually active.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of laparoscopically mobilized peritoneum in the creation of a neovagina provided the patient with a functional vagina, allowing satisfactory intercourse.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Templeman
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Hertweck
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Reich
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D009095:Mullerian Ducts / Q000002:abnormalities*; D010537:Peritoneum; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D015607:Stents; D014621:Vagina / Q000601:surgery*