The Sheares neovagina can provide good long-term sexual and anatomical outcomes for women with Mayer-von Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome (also known as müllerian agenesis), according to a recent study of 43 consecutive patients. 8 years after surgery, 86% of patients were regularly sexually active, with a mean total Female Sexual Function Index of 27.2 and a median pelvic floor contraction of 4. Although 25% of study participants experienced grade I cystoceles, rectoceles, or apical descent, these complications were all asymptomatic.
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Kuhn, A. et al. Prolapse and sexual function 8 years after neovagina according to Shears: a study of 43 cases with Mayer-von Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome. Int. Urogynecol. J. doi:10.1007/s00192-012-1980-z
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Efficacy of Sheares neovagina for müllerian agenesis. Nat Rev Urol 10, 65 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2012.245
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