vaginoplasty /vag·i·no·plas·ty/ (-plas″te) plastic surgery of the vagina.
vaginoplasty [vah-ji´no-plas″te]
vaginoplasty
vag·i·no·plas·ty (v j  -n-pls t )n. Plastic surgery of the vagina. Also called colpoplasty. |
Vaginoplasty
A blanket term for surgery to either construct or reconstruct a vagina. The procedure is formally termed neovaginoplasty in cases when a vagina did not previously exist, as is the case of XX females with congenital vaginal atresia (balloon vaginoplasty), Müllerian agenesis (Vecchietti procedure), or XY males seeking sexual reassignment (penile inversion) or Wilson procedure. The procedure is reconstructive when the vagina is damaged or lost due to trauma, cancer or radiation. Finally, there is non-constructive/non-reconstructive ‘cosmetic’ vaginoplasty, more commonly known as vaginal rejuvenation, in which the mucocutaneous tissue of the labia and lower vagina are partially excised and tightened
vaginoplasty [vah-ji´no-plas″te]
colpoplasty; plastic repair of the vagina.
vaginoplasty
colpoplasty; plastic repair of the vagina.
vaginoplasty
Gynecology Reconstructive surgery of the vagina for birth defects, for conversion in ♂→♀ transsexualism, surgical or other trauma to the vagina. See Female circumcision, Love surgery.
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