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FERTILITY AND STERILITY
Volume 74, Issue 3, Pages 589-592Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)00700-7
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peritoneum; neovagina; laparoscopy
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Objective: To present an alternative technique for the creation of a neovagina. Design: Case study. Setting: Academic university gynecology clinic. Patient(s): A patient diagnosed with mullerian agenesis. Intervention(s): Laparoscopically assisted creation of a neovagina by using peritoneum. Main Outcome Measure(s): Patient morbidity and satisfactory intercourse. Result(s): The patient underwent the procedure satisfactorily and was discharged within 24 hours. She had no perioperative or postoperative complications, and she became satisfactorily sexually active. Conclusion(s): The use of laparoscopically mobilized peritoneum in the creation of a neovagina provided the patient with a functional vagina, allowing satisfactory intercourse. (Fertil Steril(R) 2000;74.589-92. (C) 2000 by American Society for Reproductive Medicine.).
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