A case of yolk sac tumor in a nine-month-old girl is presented. Vaginal hemorrhage was observed during the patient's check-up at the Bjelovar Children's Outpatient Clinic. The patient was referred to the Department of Pediatrics at the Zagreb University Hospital, where an endodermal tumor of the vaginal yolk sac was diagnosed. The patient underwent surgery, followed by chemotherapy. She is now ...

BACKGROUND Laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy has been promoted as a substitute for both abdominal and vaginal hysterectomy, with claimed benefits of lower costs, shorter hospital stays, and quicker postoperative recovery. METHODS Using computerized hospital-discharge data for 1988-1994 from 180 hospitals in Ohio, we analyzed rates of abdominal, vaginal, and laparoscopically assis...

Background: Vaginal aplasia is a rare congenital anomaly with different surgical techniques suggested for vaginal reconstruction.McIndoe vaginoplasty is an easy one of these surgical methods with a low morbidity rate, but its long-term results need to be further investigated. Therefore, the female genital anatomy and sexual function was examined afte...

Objective: To evaluate the outcomes following vaginoplasty by pudendal thigh flap.
 Study Design: Retrospective longitudinal study.
 Place and Duration of Study: Plastic surgery Department, Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad Pakistan, from Jan 2010 to Dec 2021.
 Methodology: Vaginal reconstruction was done using bilateral flap in 20 patients with vaginal defects during eleve...

BACKGROUND To evaluate prolapse-related symptoms, quality of life and sexuality of patients with validated questionnaires before and after surgery for genital prolapse and assess relevance of such an evaluation to select women for surgery. METHODS From November 2009 to April 2010, 16 patients operated on for genital prolapse of grade greater than or equal to 2 (POP-Q classification) were eval...

OBJECTIVE To compare the laparoscopic sacral colpopexy and total vaginal mesh for vaginal vault prolapse. STUDY DESIGN Women with symptomatic stage ≥2 vault prolapse were randomly allocated the laparoscopic sacral colpopexy (53) or total vaginal mesh (55). Primary outcome measures were objective success rates at pelvic organ prolapse quantification sites individually and collectively. Seconda...

Objective: To compare the effect of sublingual versus vaginal misoprostol on preoperative cervical priming in first trimester abortion. Material and methods: One hundred women seeking first trimester abortion were randomized into either sublingual or vaginal groups of 50 each. They were given 400 μg misoprostol via sublingual or vaginal route for cervical priming three hours before the procedur...

AIM OF THE STUDY Aim of the study was to estimate the incidence of unexpected premalignant gynecological lesions in women undergoing vaginal hysterectomy for utero-vaginal prolapse. MATERIAL AND METHODS Eighty women with asymptomatic utero-vaginal prolapse were included in this prospective study for vaginal hysterectomy after preoperative preparation and after written informed consent. Women ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The aim of our study is to evaluate the role of electrosurgery and vaginal closure technique in the development of postoperative vaginal cuff dehiscence. METHODS From prospective surgical databases, we identified 463 patients who underwent total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) for benign disease and 147 patients who underwent laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectom...

OBJECTIVE Reconstructive surgery for pelvic organ prolapse is plagued with high failure rates possibly due to impaired healing or regeneration of the vaginal wall. Here, we tested the hypothesis that postoperative administration of local estrogen, direct injection of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), or both lead to improved wound healing of the injured vagina in a menopausal rat model. METHODS ...