title: Determinants of vagina by computed tomography in Korean women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to determine the interrelations of the total vaginal length (TVL), total vaginal thickness (TVT), and total vaginal width (TVW), as measured by CT, and age, height, weight, and mode of delivery in Korean women.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred eighty-five women were evaluated by between 2006 and 2008. To assure objectivity, two doctors measured the TVL, TVT, and TVW twice in the CT sagittal view.
  
  
  RESULTS
  When the women were stratified into age groups, there were no statistical differences in TVL and TVT, but there was a meaningful statistical difference in TVW. Parity did not have a statistically significant effect on the TVL and TVT; however, the TVW in the NSD group was significantly greater than that in the C-sec group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Parity, age, height, and weight are not associated with differences in baseline dimensions of the vagina, but the TVW is related to age and mode of delivery in Korea women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Catholic University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Min Jeong
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Myung Shin
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: In Yang
authors.initials: IY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Sa Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044466:Asian People; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014621:Vagina / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D055815:Young Adult