[Laparoscopically assisted neovaginaplasty using peritoneum as vaginal mucous substitute].
OBJECTIVE
To practice a more atraumatic, physiological and aesthetically valued approach of construction for neovagina.


METHODS
Laparoscopically using peritoneum as neovagina lining.


RESULTS
From March 2005 to September 2006, this technique was adopted to treat 10 patients whose diagnosis was congenital absence of vagina. The ages of the patients were from 19 to 32. The operation lasted average 2.34 hours. And hospitalization was about 20.5 days. Follow-up ranged from 3 - 12 months. No complication occurred. All of the patients was satisfied with their sexual life.


CONCLUSIONS
Laparoscopically assisted neovaginaplasty, in which peritoneum was substituted for vaginal mucous membrane, was a kind of ideal approach of vaginal creation.
Qin
Rong-Sheng
RS
Department of Plastic Surgery, Peking Univercity Third Hospital, Beijing 100083, China.
Ma
Yong-Guang
YG
Bi
Hong-Sen
HS
Yang
Xin
X
Zhang
Jie
J
Yuan
Jiong
J
Li
Jian-Ning
JN
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000637:transplantation*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D014621:Vagina / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult