TY - JOUR
T1 - Surgery
T2 - Laparoscopic management of asymmetric mayer-rokitansky-kuster-hauser syndrome
AU - Chapron, Charles
AU - Morice, Philippe
AU - La Tour, Marthe Dupre
AU - Chavet, Xavier
AU - Dubuisson, Jean Bernard
PY - 1995/1/1
Y1 - 1995/1/1
N2 - Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome is a partial or complete absence (agenesis) of the uterus with an absent or hypoplastic vagina. Until now, the recommended treatment, when resection of a rudimentary horn was indicated, was laparotomy. We report a case of MRKH syndrome in which the patient benefited from laparoscopic surgery for bilateral resection of rudimentary horns. Laparoscopy is not only useful for diagnosis of uterine malformations but can also be valuable for any treatment required for this type of malformation, this being carried out during the same operative procedure, thus avoiding laparotomy for the patient. The creation of an artificial vagina is performed during a second operation.
AB - Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome is a partial or complete absence (agenesis) of the uterus with an absent or hypoplastic vagina. Until now, the recommended treatment, when resection of a rudimentary horn was indicated, was laparotomy. We report a case of MRKH syndrome in which the patient benefited from laparoscopic surgery for bilateral resection of rudimentary horns. Laparoscopy is not only useful for diagnosis of uterine malformations but can also be valuable for any treatment required for this type of malformation, this being carried out during the same operative procedure, thus avoiding laparotomy for the patient. The creation of an artificial vagina is performed during a second operation.
KW - MRKH syndrome
KW - Operative laparoscopy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0028945761&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a135945
DO - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a135945
M3 - Article
C2 - 7769064
AN - SCOPUS:0028945761
SN - 0268-1161
VL - 10
SP - 369
EP - 371
JO - Human Reproduction
JF - Human Reproduction
IS - 2
ER -