title: Hysteroscopic management of vaginal septum in a virginal patient with uterus didelphys and obstructed hemivagina.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the hysteroscopic management, preserving hymen integrity, of a vaginal septum in a virginal patient with uterus didelphys and obstructed hemivagina as a short and safe alternative to the conventional method.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  University hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 13 year-old girl with uterus didelphys and obstructed hemivagina.
  
  
  METHODS
  Hysteroscopic septum resection.
  
  
  METHODS
  Hysteroscopic resection, preserving hymen integrity, of a vaginal septum in uterus didelphys and obstructed hemivagina in an adolescent patient.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The vaginal septum was resected safely in the patient, and hymen integrity was preserved. The cyclic dysmenorrhea and hematometra disappeared, and the patient was free of dysmenorrhea after 1 year of follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hysteroscopy, preserving hymen integrity, provides excellent visualization in adolescents and is an easy, quick, convenient, and effective tool in the management of obstructed hemivagina.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. esrascetinkaya@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Serife Esra
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Cetinkaya
authors.forename: Korhan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kahraman
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sonmezer
authors.forename: Cem
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Atabekoglu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D019468:Disease Management; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy / Q000379:methods; D012746:Sexual Abstinence; D014599:Uterus / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D014621:Vagina / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery