Abstract
Objective: To mobilize and make available for anastomosis the maximal amount of mucosa from the expanded upper vaginal tissue and avoid postoperative narrowing of the vagina. Design: Technique paper. Setting: Tertiary care medical center. Patient(s): Patients with a hematocolpos due to transverse vaginal septum. Intervention(s): Pull through of proximal distended vagina using an Olbert balloon catheter. Main Outcome Measure(s): To avoid midvaginal narrowing due to retraction of the suture line in the surgical management of transverse vaginal septum with hematocolpos. Result(s): High-pressure balloon expansion of the proximal hematocolpos optimizes the vaginal mucosa available for final anastomosis. Conclusion(s): The use of a high-pressure dilatation balloon permits high intraballoon pressures that facilitate the surgical management of transverse vaginal septum and limit postoperative narrowing of the vagina.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2316-2318 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Fertility and sterility |
Volume | 94 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2010 |
Keywords
- Distention balloons
- hematocolpos
- transverse vaginal septum
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Reproductive Medicine
- Obstetrics and Gynecology