title: Parturition after vestibulectomy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Provoked vestibulodynia is the most common cause of sexual pain in premenopausal women. Vulvar vestibulectomy has been shown to be an effective treatment.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine the optimum route of parturition in women who become pregnant after vulvar vestibulectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  All women who underwent a complete vulvar vestibulectomy by one of four surgeons were contacted between 12 and 72 months after surgery. For all women who had a term pregnancy and subsequent delivery, the research assistant abstracted data from the charts. Descriptive statistics were applied.
  
  
  METHODS
  The number of women who underwent a delivery after a vestibulectomy, mode of delivery, and rate of perineal lacerations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 109 women, 44 (40%) had undergone at least one term pregnancy and delivery; 23 (52%) were vaginal, and 21 (48%) were cesarean deliveries. Of the vaginal deliveries, 11 (48%) were over an intact perineum. Three (13%) women had a midline episiotomy, none of which extended into third or fourth degree lacerations and one woman (4.4%) sustained a spontaneous fourth degree perineal laceration.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Vaginal delivery after vulvar vestibulectomy appears to be a safe option, with no increased perineal morbidity above the general population. Furthermore, it is not an indication for a cesarean delivery.
authors: Summa-Health System, Akron, OH 44304, USA. burrowslj@yahoo.com
authors: Lara J
authors: LJ
authors: Burrows
authors: Maryn
authors: M
authors: Sloane
authors: Gordon
authors: G
authors: Davis
authors: Debra S
authors: DS
authors: Heller
authors: Joe
authors: J
authors: Brooks
authors: Andrew T
authors: AT
authors: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D022125:Lacerations; D036801:Parturition; D010502:Perineum / Q000293:injuries*; D011247:Pregnancy; D018873:Pregnancy Rate; D012449:Safety; D056650:Vulvodynia / Q000601:surgery*