Resection of Longitudinal Vaginal Septum Using a Surgical Stapler

Kathy Chu; Douglas James; Kate McNamara; Bienvenido Jongco; Francisca Velcek

doi:10.1016/j.jpag.2020.02.011

Resection of Longitudinal Vaginal Septum Using a Surgical Stapler

Kathy Chu, Douglas James, Kate McNamara, Bienvenido Jongco, Francisca Velcek

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Abstract

Background: A longitudinal vaginal septum is a rare congenital anomaly that can cause dyspareunia, difficulty with tampon insertion, persistent vaginal bleeding, and dysmenorrhea. Various surgical techniques have been described. Case: We present the case of a 14-year-old girl with obesity and diabetes mellitus with uterine didelphys and double vagina with a longitudinal vaginal septum. The patient presented with dysmenorrhea. Resection of the longitudinal vaginal septum using a GIA and EndoGIA (Medtronic, Inc, Doral Fl) stapler device was performed. Summary and Conclusion: We introduce a safe and effective technique for resecting a longitudinal vaginal septum using stapler technology. This technique eliminates the potential risk of thermal injury to nearby structures from currently described methods.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	435-437
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Volume	33
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpag.2020.02.011
State	Published - Aug 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Duplicated vagina
Longitudinal vaginal septum
Müllerian anomaly of uterus
Uterus didelphys

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Resection of Longitudinal Vaginal Septum Using a Surgical Stapler

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