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Obstetrics & Gynecology 1975;46:407-409
© 1975 by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
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Congenital Absence of the Vagina

Clinical and Psychologic Aspects

A. DAVID, MD., D. CARMIL, BA, MPH, E. BAR-DAVID, MD and D. M. SERR, MD

From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer. Tel-Aviv University Medical School. Tel-Aviv. Israel, and the Community Mental Health Center. Jaffa, Israel.

Seventeen patients with congenital absence of the vagina are presented. The clinical results of conservative and surgical treatment are briefly described. Psychologic problems produced in the patients by knowledge of the anomaly and following the operative procedure were studied by a retrospective interview technique and are discussed. It is concluded that the gynecologist and psychologist must together undertake psychologic preparation of the patient for the operation—and its mental aftermath—as early as possible if the best clinical and psychologic results are to be obtained.






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