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Development of a Uterosacral Ligament Suspension Rat Model
Published on: August 17, 2022
Vaginal aplasia associated with anatomically and functionally normal uterus
Vladimir Sparac1, Kresimir Stilinovic, Marijan Ilijas
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical School University of Zagreb, Sveti Duh Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia. vladimir.sparac@zg.htnet.hr
Abstract:
Maldevelopment of the vagina is usually combined with aplasia/hypoplasia of the uterus. Complete vaginal aplasia with a normally developed uterus and cervix is an extremely rare form of developmental failure. The accepted treatment for this kind of maldevelopment is hysterectomy plus creation of a neovagina. We present the case of 12-year-old girl with isolated complete vaginal aplasia. After the creation of a vagina during a first procedure and lysis of pericervical adhesions with implantation of skin graft in a second she now has regular menstrual bleeding.
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