Vaginal vault prolapse after nonsurgical and surgical treatment of MoAdullerian agenesis
Jonathan L. Schaffer
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Jonathan L. Schaffer
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BACKGROUND: Women with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome fail to develop müllerian ducts, present with primary amenorrhea, and an absent or rudimentary uterus and vagina. After creation of a neovagina, vaginal vault prolapse may occur because of lack of support to the artificially created vagina. CASES: The first patient presented with vaginal vault prolapse 10 years after her vagina was mechanically dilated. The second patient presented with vaginal vault prolapse 27 years after a McIndoe procedure. CONCLUSION: Women with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome with an artificially created neovagina by dilatation or surgical procedure with a graft are at risk for vaginal vault prolapse. They can be successfully treated with abdominal sacrocolpopexy and paravaginal repair.
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BACKGROUND: Women with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome fail to develop müllerian ducts, present with primary amenorrhea, and an absent or rudimentary uterus and vagina. After creation of a neovagina, vaginal vault prolapse may occur because of lack of support to the artificially created vagina. CASES: The first patient presented with vaginal vault prolapse 10 years after her vagina was mechanically dilated. The second patient presented with vaginal vault prolapse 27 years after a McIndoe procedure. CONCLUSION: Women with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome with an artificially created neovagina by dilatation or surgical procedure with a graft are at risk for vaginal vault prolapse. They can be successfully treated with abdominal sacrocolpopexy and paravaginal repair.
Key concepts: Medicine, Vaginal Vault Prolapse, Vagina, Vault (architecture), Vaginal vault, Surgery, Uterus, Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser Syndrome