Determinants of vagina by computed tomography in Korean women.
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.
Kim
Min Jeong
MJ
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Catholic University, Seoul, Korea.
Kim
Myung Shin
MS
Park
In Yang
IY
Kim
Sa Jin
SJ
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