title: Postoperative Course and Complications after Pull-through Vaginoplasty for Distal Vaginal Atresia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the usual postoperative course and complications after pull-through vaginoplasty for isolated distal vaginal atresia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective chart review at Texas Children's Hospital of all patients who were diagnosed with isolated distal vaginal atresia and underwent pull-through vaginoplasty during the study time frame.
  
  
  METHODS
  None.
  
  
  METHODS
  Postoperative complications such as vaginal stenosis or infection and postoperative vaginal diameter.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sixteen patients were identified and charts were reviewed. Patients were initially evaluated by pelvic magnetic resonance imaging and found to have distended hematometrocolpos with distal vaginal atresia. All patients underwent pull-through vaginoplasty with similar operative techniques. The average distance from the perineum to the level of the obstruction was 1.84 ± 1.2 cm. Two patients, both with obstructions at greater than 3 cm, experienced stricture formation postoperatively. Four patients (25%) experienced postoperative vaginitis. One patient (6.25%) experienced a postoperative urinary tract infection. Two groups (3 cm or less versus greater than 3 cm) were compared, and the presence of stricture was statistically different based on mean centimeters from perineum prior to pull-through vaginoplasty (P = .038).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Distal vaginal atresia is managed with pull-through vaginoplasty. Atresias that extend greater than 3 cm from the perineum are at increased risk for vaginal stricture formation and should be followed to monitor for their formation. Other complications are infrequent and minor.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. Electronic address: roshi.mansouri@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Roshanak
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mansouri
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Jennifer E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Dietrich
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006399:Hematocolpos / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013781:Texas; D014621:Vagina / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D014623:Vaginal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Distal vaginal atresia; Hematocolpos; Hematometrocolpos; Vaginal stricture; Vaginoplasty