[Operative treatment of developmental abnormalities of sexual organs in girls].

DESIGN

The aim of our study was a clinical analysis of operative treatment of developmental abnormalities of sexual organs.

MATERIALS AND

METHODS

The authors describe developmental abnormalities of sexual organs in girls aged 12-19 79(1.4%) girls were treated from among 5432 surgically treated patients in the course 6 years. Among these abnormalities were the following: agenesia of vagina, agenesia of cervical canal, absence of cervix of uterus, obstructed normal or rudimental vagina, occlusion of hymen. There were complex abnormalities too. Congenital abnormalities were subject to the reconstructive operative treatment.

CONCLUSIONS

We recommend that developmental defects should be treated in specialist centres well equipped and experience of in operative procedures and postoperative monitoring.