title: [Anatomic and histological characteristics of vagina reconstructed by McIndoe method].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Congenital absence of vagina is known from ancient times of Greek. According to the literature data, incidence is 1/4 000 to 1/20 000. Treatment of this anomaly includes non-operative and operative procedures. McIndoe procedure uses split skin graft by Thiersch. The aim of this study was to establish anatomic and histological characteristics of vagina reconstructed by McIndoe method in Mayer Küster-Rockitansky Hauser (MKRH) syndrome and compare them with normal vagina.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 21 patients of 18 and more years with congenital anomaly known as aplasio vaginae within the Mayer Küster-Rockitansky Hauser syndrome. The patients were operated on by the plastic surgeon using the McIndoe method. The study was a retrospective review of the data from the history of the disease, objective and gynecological examination and cytological analysis of native preparations of vaginal stain (Papanicolau). Comparatively, 21 females of 18 and more years with normal vaginas were also studed. All the subjects were divided into the groups R (reconstructed) and C (control) and the subgroups according to age up to 30 years (1 R, 1C), from 30 to 50 (2R, 2C), and over 50 (3R, 3C). Statistical data processing was performed by using the Student's t-test and Mann-Writney U-test. A value of p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results show that there are differences in the depth and the wideness of reconstructed vagina, but the obtained values are still in the range of normal ones. Cytological differences between a reconstructed and the normal vagina were found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A reconstructed vagina is smaller than the normal one regarding depth and width, but within the range of normal values. A split skin graft used in the reconstruction, keeps its own cytological, i.e. histological and, so, biological characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Vojnomedicinska akademija, Klinika za plasticnu hirurgiju i opekotine, Beograd, Srbija.
authors.forename: Jefta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kozarski
authors.forename: Svetlana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vesanović
authors.forename: Zoran
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bogdanović
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D014621:Vagina / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult