title: Ultrasound imaging to evaluate Creatsas vaginoplasty.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present a new imaging technique for the evaluation of the functional effectiveness of Creatsas vaginoplasty.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighteen women with Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome underwent a transabdominal and transperineal ultrasound examination 4 weeks and 6 months after the surgical creation of a neovagina, and then yearly, with a condom filled with water as a distending and imaging medium. The functional length and width of the neovagina and its axis deviation were assessed, as well as the postoperative quality of the women's sexual life.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A functional vagina 10 to 12 cm in length and 4 to 5 cm in width was observed; its axis deviation, which was similar to the anatomic deviation, was easily determined; and 94.5% of the women reported a satisfactory while 5.5% reported an adequate sexual life.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This new imaging technique is a simple and effective alternative for the evaluation of the postoperative effectiveness of colpopoiesis.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Athens, Medical School, Aretaieion Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Botsis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Deligeoroglou
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Christopoulos
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aravantinos
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Papagianni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Creatsas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019160:Endosonography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013577:Syndrome; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014564:Urogenital Abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014621:Vagina / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*