title: Vaginoplasty for disorders of sex development.
abstract: One of the most common problem found in patients with Disorders of Sexual Developments is the absence or extreme hypoplasia of the vagina. The type of patients presenting this anomaly may belong to completely different groups: (1) Patients with a urogenital sinus with urethra and vagina fusing together to form a common channel. (2) Patients with absent Müllerian structures and different degrees of external virilization. (3) Complex malformations. Treatment options: treatment of these patients is under discussion and may consist, basically, in non-operative dilation methods or surgical creation of a neovagina. Consensus is far to be reached among the various surgical subspecialties regarding the optimal method of vaginal replacement. Adequate number of long-term follow up patients are still non-available so that most conclusions are based on small number series. The authors describe the different treatment options in detail.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, S. Camillo-Forlanini Hospital Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Nino
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Guarino
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scommegna
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Majore
authors.forename: Anna Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Rapone
authors.forename: Luciana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ungaro
authors.forename: Aldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morrone
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grammatico
authors.forename: Giacinto A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Marrocco
keywords: DSD; genitoplasty; intersex; neovagina; vaginoplasty