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Case Reports
. 2025 Jul 14:47:e00733.
doi: 10.1016/j.crwh.2025.e00733. eCollection 2025 Oct.

Laparoscopic hysterectomy with intraoperative treatment of vaginal strictures: A case report

Maddison McLellan  1 , Antoinette Abdelmalek  2 , Nkiruka Chuba  2
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Laparoscopic hysterectomy with intraoperative treatment of vaginal strictures: A case report

Maddison McLellan et al. Case Rep Womens Health. .

Abstract

There is limited data regarding management of vaginal strictures with a concurrent hysterectomy, in all realms, including pre-, intra- and postoperative care. A 44-year-old nulligravid woman with multiple vaginal strictures and clinically suspected endometriosis was evaluated preoperatively and underwent laparoscopic hysterectomy with simultaneous dilation of vaginal strictures without complication. Postoperative care included vaginal estrogens and vaginal dilators. Concurrent vaginal stricture dilation and laparoscopic hysterectomy can be successful and without complication with the use of intraoperative dilation and postoperative estrogens.

Keywords: Endometriosis; Laparoscopic hysterectomy; Vaginal stricture.

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this case report.

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Vaginal Strictures visualized on MRI pelvis with and without contrast.
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