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30 Hydrocolpos, Vaginal Agenesis and Atresia

 

 

Figs. 30.23 and 30.24 Abdominal MRI showing hydrometrocolpos secondary to vaginal atresia

DILATED UTERUS

 

DILATED VAGINA

 

 

 

 

DILATED VAGINA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMPRESSED

 

DILATED

 

URINARY

RECTUM

 

VAGINA

 

BLADDER

 

 

 

 

 

URINARY

DILATED

BLADDE

VAGINA

Figs. 30.25 and 30.26 Contrast study showing massive hydrocolpos compressing the colon posteriorly and the urinary bladder anteriorly. The accumulated fluid can

extend into the uterus causing hydrometrocolpos and sometimes spills into the peritoneal cavity via the Fallopian tubes

30.9Management

The goals of surgical management in patients with vaginal atresia are:

To relieve vaginal obstruction

To restore normal anatomy and a normal sex life

To preserve the patient’s reproductive potential

The timing of surgery depends on the patient’s presentation.

In newborns with hydrocolpos, emergency drainage of the hydrocolpos should be done or more preferably, an abdominoperineal vaginal pull-through can be done as a single stage (Figs. 30.25, 30.26, 30.27, 30.28, 30.29,

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Figs. 30.27 and

30.28 Clinical intra-operative photographs showing hydrometrocolpos secondary to vaginal atresia

URETHRAL OPENING

NO VAGINAL OPENING

Fig. 30.29 A clinical photograph showing a newborn girl with vaginal atresia. Note the Foley’s catheter in the urethra. Note also the absence of vaginal opening

30.30, 30.31, 30.32, 30.33, 30.34, 30.35, 30.36, 30.37, 30.38, and 30.39):

A Foley’s catheter is inserted.

Laparotomy is done through a lower transverse abdominal incision.

The hydrmetrocolpos is defined and the anatomy is outlined.

DILATED

UTERUS

DILATED

VAGINA

DILATED

VAGINA

DILATED

UTERUS

FALLOPIAN

TUBES

The distended vagina is opened anteriorly and emptied.

A new vaginal opening is created in the perineum using a semicircular or transverse incision at the hymenal ring.

Using blunt and sharp dissection from below toward the peritoneal cavity, a channel is created.

At this stage, it is important to protect the rectum.

A Hegar dilator is passed into the distended vagina and the posterior wall is pushed downwards till the newly created vaginal opening,

The vaginal wall is grasped with a babcock, opened and a single-layer anastomosis is created between the edges and the hymenal regions by using absorbable sutures.

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NEW VAGINAL

OPENING

NEW VAGINAL

OPENING

Figs. 30.30 and 30.31 Clinical intra-operative photographs showing vagina atresia and abdominoperineal vaginal pull through. Note the new vaginal opening

Fig. 30.32 Diagrammatic representation of vaginal atresia

Fig. 30.33 Diagrammatic representation of vaginal atresia. Note the markedly distended vagina and the distance to the perineum

URETHRAL

OPENING

VAGINAL

ATRESIA

ANAL

OPENING

URETHRAL

OPENING

VAGINAL

ATRESIA

ANAL

OPENING

DISTENDED

VAGINA

DISTENDED

VAGINA

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Figs. 30.34 and 30.35 Diagrammatic photograph showing the site of incision and the finger in the dilated already opened vagina. A hegar dilator can be used as a guide

In those without hydrocolpos, vaginal reconstruction is delayed till late childhood or early adolesence.

In those with vaginal agenesis, there are several reconstruction procedures to create a new vagina by using either extra-abdominal tissues or intra-abdominal tissues.

There is however, no consensus regarding the ideal method for creating a functional vagina:

The Abbe-McIndoe operation. With this procedure, a split-thickness skin graft is taken from the buttock and used to create the neovagina.

Musculocutaneous flaps using the rectus and gracilis muscles are now rarely used to create the neovagina.

Vulvovaginoplasty using tissue expanders.

Intestinal segments, typically derived from the sigmoid colon and rarely the ileum, cecum, and rectosigmoid colon.

A segment of the sigmoid colon is chosen, with a major vascular pedicle supplying the mesenteric arcade.

This segment is divided, and the colon continuity is restored by primary end to end anastomosis.

The proximal end of the segment is closed in two layers.

A new vaginal opening is created in the perineum using a circular or cruciate incision at the hymenal ring.

Using blunt and sharp dissection from below toward the peritoneal cavity, a channel is created through which the sigmoid segment is passed.

The sigmoid colon segment can be passed in an isoperistaltic or reverse peristaleisis depending on the vascular supply and length of the mesenteric pedicle.

A single-layer anastomosis is created to the hymenal regions by using absorbable sutures.

Attempts are made to extraperitonealize the sigmoid colon segment.

A Vaseline pack is placed in the neovagina to maintain apposition to the dissected tissues.

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URETHRAL

OPENING

NEW VAGINAL

OPENING

ANAL

OPENING

Figs. 30.36, 30.37, 30.38, and 30.39 Diagrammatic photographs showing the perineal stage of the vaginoplasty and the incision used to create the opening to the

peritoneal cavity. The vaginal wall is pulled through this opening, opened and sutured to the margins. Note the finally constructed vaginal opening