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Vaginal Reconstruction in Patients with Mayer–Rokitansky–Küster–Hauser Syndrome—One Centre Experience
Background and Objectives: The Mayer–Rokitansky–Küster–Hauser syndrome is a congenital condition in which patients are born with vaginal and uterus agenesis, affecting the ability to have a normal sexual life and to bear children. Vaginal reconstruction is a challenging procedure for plastic surgeon...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7404697/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32630225 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina56070327 |
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author | Avino, Adelaida Răducu, Laura Tulin, Adrian Gheoca-Mutu, Daniela-Elena Balcangiu-Stroescu, Andra-Elena Marina, Cristina-Nicoleta Jecan, Cristian-Radu |
author_facet | Avino, Adelaida Răducu, Laura Tulin, Adrian Gheoca-Mutu, Daniela-Elena Balcangiu-Stroescu, Andra-Elena Marina, Cristina-Nicoleta Jecan, Cristian-Radu |
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description | Background and Objectives: The Mayer–Rokitansky–Küster–Hauser syndrome is a congenital condition in which patients are born with vaginal and uterus agenesis, affecting the ability to have a normal sexual life and to bear children. Vaginal reconstruction is a challenging procedure for plastic surgeons. The aim of this study is to report our experience in the management of twelve patients with congenital absence of the vagina due to the MRKH syndrome. Materials and Methods: We performed a retrospective study on 12 patients admitted to the Plastic Surgery Department of the Clinical Emergency Hospital “Prof. Dr. Agrippa Ionescu”, Bucharest, Romania, for vaginal reconstruction within a period of eleven years (January 2009–December 2019). All patients were diagnosed by the gynaecologists with vaginal agenesis, as part of the Mayer–Rokitansky–Küster–Hauser syndrome. The Abbe‘–McIndoe technique with an autologous skin graft was performed in all cases. Results: The average age of our patients was 20.16 (16–28) years. All patients were 46 XX. The average surgical timing was 3.05 h (range 2.85–4h). Postoperative rectovaginal fistula was encountered in 1 patient. Postoperative average vaginal length was 10.4 cm (range 9.8–12.1 cm). Regular sexual life was achieved in 10 patients. Conclusion: Nowadays, there is no established standard method of vaginal reconstruction. In Romania, the McIndoe technique is the most applied. Unfortunately, even if the MRKH syndrome is not uncommon, less and less surgeons are willing to perform the procedure to create a neovagina. |
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spelling | pubmed-74046972020-08-11 Vaginal Reconstruction in Patients with Mayer–Rokitansky–Küster–Hauser Syndrome—One Centre Experience Avino, Adelaida Răducu, Laura Tulin, Adrian Gheoca-Mutu, Daniela-Elena Balcangiu-Stroescu, Andra-Elena Marina, Cristina-Nicoleta Jecan, Cristian-Radu Medicina (Kaunas) Article Background and Objectives: The Mayer–Rokitansky–Küster–Hauser syndrome is a congenital condition in which patients are born with vaginal and uterus agenesis, affecting the ability to have a normal sexual life and to bear children. Vaginal reconstruction is a challenging procedure for plastic surgeons. The aim of this study is to report our experience in the management of twelve patients with congenital absence of the vagina due to the MRKH syndrome. Materials and Methods: We performed a retrospective study on 12 patients admitted to the Plastic Surgery Department of the Clinical Emergency Hospital “Prof. Dr. Agrippa Ionescu”, Bucharest, Romania, for vaginal reconstruction within a period of eleven years (January 2009–December 2019). All patients were diagnosed by the gynaecologists with vaginal agenesis, as part of the Mayer–Rokitansky–Küster–Hauser syndrome. The Abbe‘–McIndoe technique with an autologous skin graft was performed in all cases. Results: The average age of our patients was 20.16 (16–28) years. All patients were 46 XX. The average surgical timing was 3.05 h (range 2.85–4h). Postoperative rectovaginal fistula was encountered in 1 patient. Postoperative average vaginal length was 10.4 cm (range 9.8–12.1 cm). Regular sexual life was achieved in 10 patients. Conclusion: Nowadays, there is no established standard method of vaginal reconstruction. In Romania, the McIndoe technique is the most applied. Unfortunately, even if the MRKH syndrome is not uncommon, less and less surgeons are willing to perform the procedure to create a neovagina. MDPI 2020-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7404697/ /pubmed/32630225 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina56070327 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Avino, Adelaida Răducu, Laura Tulin, Adrian Gheoca-Mutu, Daniela-Elena Balcangiu-Stroescu, Andra-Elena Marina, Cristina-Nicoleta Jecan, Cristian-Radu Vaginal Reconstruction in Patients with Mayer–Rokitansky–Küster–Hauser Syndrome—One Centre Experience |
title | Vaginal Reconstruction in Patients with Mayer–Rokitansky–Küster–Hauser Syndrome—One Centre Experience |
title_full | Vaginal Reconstruction in Patients with Mayer–Rokitansky–Küster–Hauser Syndrome—One Centre Experience |
title_fullStr | Vaginal Reconstruction in Patients with Mayer–Rokitansky–Küster–Hauser Syndrome—One Centre Experience |
title_full_unstemmed | Vaginal Reconstruction in Patients with Mayer–Rokitansky–Küster–Hauser Syndrome—One Centre Experience |
title_short | Vaginal Reconstruction in Patients with Mayer–Rokitansky–Küster–Hauser Syndrome—One Centre Experience |
title_sort | vaginal reconstruction in patients with mayer–rokitansky–küster–hauser syndrome—one centre experience |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7404697/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32630225 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina56070327 |
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