Apareunia Due to Labial Adhesions:
A Rare Postpartum Complication
Published: December 1, 2011 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2011/.1797
Katageri Geetanjali M., Pujari Linganand L., Vishwanath G., Usha Doddamani
1. MBBS, MS OBG, Associate Professor,
Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
S. N. Medical College, Bagalkot - 587102.
Karnataka, India.
2. MBBS, MD OBG, Professor,
Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
S. N. Medical College, Bagalkot - 587102.
Karnataka, India.
3. MBBS, MS Surgery, Professor
Dept. of Surgery,S. N. Medical College,
Bagalkot - 587102. Karnataka, India.
4. MBBS, MS OBG, Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
S. N. Medical College,Bagalkot - 587102.
Karnataka, India.
Correspondence
Geetanjali M. Katageri,
Assoc. Professor,
Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
S. Nijalingappa Medical College,
Bagalkot - 587102.
Karnataka, India.
Phone: 09448776044
E-mail: geetanjali_mk@yahoo.co.in
Severe degree of vaginal or labial adhesions is due to the healed intrapartum lacerations which requires surgical correction that are rarely reported. A woman presented three months after home delivery with apparent obliteration of the vagina by adhesions resembling a thick membrane. This was divided surgically with successful restoration of the anatomy. Prolonged immobilization with tight apposition of the thighs most likely led to the adhesions in this case.
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