CONGENITAL VAGINAL ATRESIA MANAGEMENT OUTCOMES IN CHILDREN
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Background: Vaginal atresia is a rare congenital obstruction lesions of the female genital tract. Objectives: To explore the characteristics and to investigate outcomes of vaginal atresia treament in Children’s Hospital 1. Materials and methods: Retrospective study. Description of a series of cases with 35 children who underwent surgery for vaginal atresia between January 1st, 2012 and June 1st, 2022. Results: There were thirty-five children met the sampling criteria, identified and charted. The mean age was 12.5±1.5 years. Abdominal pain was the main reason causes of admissions. Throughout examinations, it was realized that the vital symptom was no vaginal opening accounting for 94.3%, and 80% of listed children had developed secondary genitalia. All pediatric patients were evaluated physically with 2 normal ovaries by ultrasound and magnetic resonance. The average distance from the perineum to the level of the obstruction was 26.4±13.5 mm. All patients underwent pull-through vaginoplasty with similar operative techniques. The average operative time was 65 ± 31.7 minutes. After the first surgery, the symptoms were gone in 88.6% cases. Conclusion: Vaginal atresia is managed with pull-through vaginoplasty.
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Vaginal atresia, vaginoplasty, congenital vaginal obstruction
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