Use of laparoscopically mobilized peritoneum in the creation of a neovagina

Fertil Steril. 2000 Sep;74(3):589-92. doi: 10.1016/s0015-0282(00)00700-7.

Abstract

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 müllerian 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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Laparoscopy / methods
  • Mullerian Ducts / abnormalities*
  • Peritoneum
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures / methods*
  • Stents
  • Vagina / surgery*