Hymenoplasty is a reconstructive surgical procedure aimed at repairing the hymen, and it has gained significant attention in Indian context due to cultural societal factors associated with virginity. This review article aims investigate contemporary patterns of hymenoplasty India assess their influence on young adults. The employed systematic approach gather analyze relevant literature from var...

What are the ethics of hymenoplasty? In this commentary, I argue that doctors must take seriously the risks involved in not performing the procedure when stigmatization and credible threats of violence are at stake. However, the ultimate source of harm in this example is not the absence of a girl’s hymen, but rather an ugly suite of discriminatory attitudes and patriarchal social conventions. T...

?was brought to me on the 6th April, 1926, for relief of retention of urine. She gave a history of difficulty in micturition for the past fortnight, with great pain during defaication; and for the last three days had had complete constipation and retention with overflow of urine. 'When she was being prepared for cat'heterisation, a condition of completely imperforate hymen was discovered. Enqui...

A rare case of imperforate hymen associated with bicornuate uterus in an infant is presented as a cause of bilateral hydroureteronephrosis and pelvic mass in infancy. The importance of postoperative radiologic evaluation for diagnosis of accompanying uterine abnormalities is introduced. A 8-month-old girl with restlessness and intermittent fever was brought to the daily outpatient clinic by her...

A few years ago, when officiating as civil surgeon in ODe of the stations of the North-West-Provinces, I was asked to prescribe for a lady whose prevailing and prominent symptom was sickness. It was unceasing. Exaggerated in the morning it continued throughout the day. At night only, when my patient slept, was relief experienced. She had been married a few months. I pronounced her to be pregnan...

A previously healthy 12-year-old female was sent to the Emergency Department by her pediatrician for workup of severe suprapubic abdominal pain radiating to her lower back. She reported having waxing and waning pain for 1 month that had awoken her from sleep the previous evening. The patient denied nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, but reported mild urinary retention. Per history she was premenar...

BACKGROUND Leiomyomas are the most common benign tumors of the uterus. Removal of the prolapsed pedunculated submucous myoma represents a distinct entity. Evaluation and treatment of such cases may need intervention via the hymen.Mini-laparotomic management of a pedunculated submucous myoma while preserving hymen integrity in a virginal patient is described as a safe alternative.. CASE A 30-y...

We report a case of a torted mature cystic teratoma in a 23-year-old, sexually inactive, virgin female which necessitated immediate laparoscopy. The patient and her family stressed that the integrity of the hymen must be maintained at any cost, for cultural reasons. We opted out of our routine intravaginal preparation for laparoscopic surgery to honor the patient's request to maintain the integ...