title: [Laparoscopically assisted neovaginaplasty using peritoneum as vaginal mucous substitute].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Peking Univercity Third Hospital, Beijing 100083, China.
authors.forename: Rong-Sheng
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Yong-Guang
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Hong-Sen
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Bi
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jiong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Jian-Ning
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: 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