OBJECTIVE Our purpose was to describe the surgical procedure, its results, and its complications and to determine whether patients are satisfied with surgical reduction of labia minora in cases of hypertrophy. STUDY DESIGN The records of 163 patients who underwent reduction of the labia minora during a 9-year period were reviewed. The ages of the patients ranged from 12 to 67 years (median, 2...

INTRODUCTION Limited information is available regarding patients' indication for seeking labiaplasty of the labia minora. AIM The aim of this article is to investigate a patient's indications for seeking labiaplasty of the labia minora. METHODS This is a retrospective review of the medical records of all patients undergoing labiaplasty at our clinic over a 27-month period. MAIN OUTCOME ME...

OBJECTIVE To assess clinical characteristics and expectations in well women requesting elective labial reduction surgery. DESIGN Prospective study of women attending an outpatient gynaecology clinic. SETTING General gynaecology clinic at a Central London teaching hospital. SAMPLE Women requesting labial reduction surgery and referred by their general practitioner. METHODS The labia mino...

Labia minora enlargement may constitute a cosmetic or functional problem for a woman, potentially leading to surgery. However, more rarely, the labia majora may also be problematic for women. This case describes the rare situation of a woman presenting with enlargement of both the labia minora and majora and her subsequent simultaneous surgical treatment.

Cell-mediated immunity to herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) was assessed by a lymphocytotoxicity 51-Cr-release microassay procedure, using the MA-160 human prostatic adenoma cell line chronically infected with HSV-1 and its parent cell line as control. The specific immune release mean plus or minus standard deviation for nine asymptomatic patients with recurrent HSV-1 infections was 13.7 plus...