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- Title
Surgical reduction of hypertrophy of the labia minora
- Authors
Trichot, Caroline; Thubert, Thibault; Faivre, Erika; Fernandez, Hervé; Deffieux, Xavier; Fernandez, Hervé
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>To evaluate postoperative satisfaction, including improvements in quality of life, among patients who had undergone labia minora reduction.<bold>Methods: </bold>In a retrospective descriptive study, women who had undergone labiaplasty for hypertrophy of the labia minora between January 2005 and December 2009 were contacted by telephone. The women were asked to answer a satisfaction survey evaluating the esthetic and functional results of the surgery.<bold>Results: </bold>Among 21 patients who had labiaplasty using either a pedicle flap reconstruction (n=18, 86%) or a nymphectomy technique (n=3, 14%), 18 (86%) were contacted successfully and took part in the survey. All of the contacted patients were satisfied with the overall outcome of the surgery, with a mean rating of 8.7 out of 10 at a median follow-up of 17 months (interquartile range 6-25 months). From an esthetic point of view, all 18 patients reported an improvement in comfort with respect to any form of original functional discomfort. Concerning sexuality, 95% of the sexually active patients had originally described some form of physical or psychologic discomfort, and all of them reported total disappearance of this symptomatology.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Labiaplasty provided overall satisfaction in terms of improvements in patient quality of life and sexuality.
- Subjects
GYNECOLOGIC surgery; HYPERTROPHY; POSTOPERATIVE care; QUALITY of life; HEALTH outcome assessment; GYNOPLASTY; RETROSPECTIVE studies; MEDICAL statistics; VULVA surgery; SURGICAL flaps; LONGITUDINAL method; PATIENT satisfaction; PLASTIC surgery; VULVA; TREATMENT effectiveness
- Publication
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2011, Vol 115, Issue 1, p40
- ISSN
0020-7292
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1016/j.ijgo.2011.04.007