Bladder Mucosal Graft Vaginoplasty: A Case Report
- Authors: Chiaramonte, Cinzia; Vestri, Elettra; Tripi, Flavia; Giannone, Antonino Giulio; Cimador, Marcello; Cataliotti, Ferdinando
- Publication year: 2018
- Type: Articolo in rivista
- Key words: Bladder mucosa; DSD; Graft; Urogenital sinus; Vaginoplasty; Adolescent; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Gynecologic Surgical Procedures; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Mucous Membrane; Treatment Outcome; Urinary Bladder; Urogenital Abnormalities; Vagina
- OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/403051
Abstract
Female vaginoplasty reconstruction, by choice, is usually performed with adjacent tissue. However in some clinical conditions such as high urogenital confluence sinus, cloacal malformation with extreme vaginal hypoplasia, local tissue may not be available. When vaginal replacement is performed in pediatric patients intestinal segments is preferred to non-operative procedures that require continuative dilations. However mucus production, malignant transformation risk and diversion colitis are important side effects.