TY - JOUR
T1 - Successful surgical treatment for congenital vaginal agenesis accompanied by functional uterus
T2 - A report of two cases
AU - Minami, Chihiro
AU - Tsunematsu, Ryosuke
AU - Hiasa, Kana
AU - Egashira, Katsuko
AU - Kato, Kiyoko
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Therapy.
PY - 2019/4/1
Y1 - 2019/4/1
N2 - We present two cases of congenital vaginal agenesis with functional uterine corpus, manifesting with periodic lower abdominal pain and hematometra in adolescence. Both patients were successfully treated with the creation of neovagina and neocanal structures to discharge menstrual blood; this may also facilitate the preservation of fertility. Both cases were characterized by degrees of congenital vaginal agenesis, whether short or completely absent, with no communication between the uterine cavity and external genitalia, as confirmed by physical examination and imaging. We surgically reconstructed a neovagina with the modified McIndoe's procedure, using an artificial skin graft, and canalized to the caudal portion of the uterine cavity. Although redilatation of the neocanal was required, no patient suffered severe infection in postoperative course and both now exhibit regular menstruation. Although hysterectomy has classically been the preferred treatment for such cases, recent technical progression enables treatment of such diseases with conservative and minimally invasive surgery, in a safe manner.
AB - We present two cases of congenital vaginal agenesis with functional uterine corpus, manifesting with periodic lower abdominal pain and hematometra in adolescence. Both patients were successfully treated with the creation of neovagina and neocanal structures to discharge menstrual blood; this may also facilitate the preservation of fertility. Both cases were characterized by degrees of congenital vaginal agenesis, whether short or completely absent, with no communication between the uterine cavity and external genitalia, as confirmed by physical examination and imaging. We surgically reconstructed a neovagina with the modified McIndoe's procedure, using an artificial skin graft, and canalized to the caudal portion of the uterine cavity. Although redilatation of the neocanal was required, no patient suffered severe infection in postoperative course and both now exhibit regular menstruation. Although hysterectomy has classically been the preferred treatment for such cases, recent technical progression enables treatment of such diseases with conservative and minimally invasive surgery, in a safe manner.
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U2 - 10.4103/GMIT.GMIT_124_18
DO - 10.4103/GMIT.GMIT_124_18
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85065290436
SN - 2213-3070
VL - 8
SP - 76
EP - 79
JO - Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Therapy
JF - Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Therapy
IS - 2
ER -