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Peter Oppelt¹, Stefan P Renner, Sara Brucker

¹Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital, Erlangen, Germany. peter.Oppelt@gyn.imed.uni-erlangen.de

Fertility and Sterility

|November 9, 2005

Abstract

Objective:

With an incidence of up to 5% in the general population, genital malformations are a frequent clinical occurrence. However, using the existing published classifications of malformations, difficulties arise in classifying genital malformations appropriately. The aim of the present study was to produce a simple, systematic, and reproducible classification system.

Design:

A systematic arrangement of genital and associated malformaltions, using a structure similar to that in the TNM classification of oncological tumors, was developed and validated.

Setting:

Patients with genital malformations in a university hospital.

Patient(S):

Ninty-nine premenopausal patients with genital malformations.

Intervention(S):

Patients were diagnosed for genital malformation using laparoscopy or magnetic resonance imaging.

Main Outcome Measure(S):

A new classification (VCUAM) is presented to evaluate patients with different genital malformations.

Result(S):

The external and internal female genital organs were divided into the following subgroups in accordance with the anatomy: vagina (V), cervix (C), uterus (U), and adnexa (A). Associated malformations were assigned to a subgroup (M) relative to each specific organ. The classification was validated in a group of 99 patients with genital malformations.

Conclusion(S):

The VCUAM classification for the first time makes it possible to reflect even complex malformations in a precise and individual fashion, taking associated malformations into account. The classification makes it easier to provide appropriate clinical care for the affected patients.

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