An innovative and effective approach of cervical canal penetration in patients diagnosed with type II vaginal atresia with adequate uterine corpus development: A case series

Abstract

We introduced our experience for an innovative and effective approach for cervical canal penetration in patients diagnosed with type II vaginal atresia with adequate uterine corpus development. The uterine cavity and neovagina was connected through the puncture set for percutaneous nephrostomy while maintaining the integrity of the uterus and cervix under laparoscopic and transvaginal ultrasound monitoring. A porcine small intestine submucosal graft was fitted into the artificial vaginal wall. There were few side effects and no obvious sequelae.

Keywords

Vaginal atresia / Congenital reproductive tract abnormality / Minimally invasive operations

Acknowledgments

None.

Statement of ethics

This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of our hospital, with an approval number 2022K006. The patients and guardians were fully informed of the purpose of the surgical procedure and the possible complications before providing written consent to undergo the surgical procedure. All procedures performed in the study involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interests.

Funding source

The study was funded by National Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi Province (Program No. 2023-JC-YB-655) and Talent Support Funding Program of Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital (No. 2022BJ-01).

Author contributions

LX: Participated in data collection, writing of the manuscript, and data analysis;

LZ, CS, and XY: Participated in data collection and proofreading;

BL: Participated in performance of the surgery, design of the study, draft revision, and final approval of manuscript to be submitted;

LL: Participated in assistance to the performance of the surgery;

XJ: Participated in performance of the surgery;

LC: Participated in assistance to the performance of the surgery.

Data availability

Data sharing not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analyzed during the current study.

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