A vaginoplasty is any surgical operation with the aim of correcting structural defects in the vagina or even to construct or reconstruct it. When used to produce a new vagina when one is lacking (a neovagina), it is called neovaginoplasty. A thoracic surgeon performs a mitral valve replacement at the Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, November 1990. ... The vagina, (from Latin, literally sheath or scabbard ) is the tubular tract leading from the uterus to the exterior of the body in female placental mammals and marsupials, or to the cloaca in female birds, monotremes, and some reptiles. ... Neovaginoplasty is a reconstructive surgery procedure used to reconstruct the vaginal tube and mucous membrane which are absent in a female, due either to congenital disease (called vaginal atresia) or to an acquired cause, such as trauma or cancer. ...

There are several non-reconstructive vaginoplasties, such as vagina tightening and toning, particularly in women (or their sexual partners) who have experienced orgasmic difficulties in sexual intercourse due to the loss of muscle tone, such as in disease or after giving birth by vaginal parturition. Vagina tightening and toning is a procedure intended to increase the elasticity and tightness of the vagina. ... An orgasm (from Greek: οργασμός orgasmós, from orgán - to swell, be lustful), also known as a sexual climax, is a pleasurable physical, psychological or emotional response to prolonged sexual stimulation. ... Coition of a Hemisected Man and Woman (c. ... Birth is the process in animals by which an offspring is expelled from the body of its mother. ... Childbirth in a hospital. ...

There are a number of surgical procedures to create a neovagina. The Vecchietti procedure is a laparoscopic procedure that has been shown to result in a vagina that is comparable to a normal vagina in patients with Mullerian agenesis.^[1][2] Laparoscopic surgery, also called keyhole surgery (when natural body openings are not used), bandaid surgery, or minimally invasive surgery (MIS), is a surgical technique. ... Mullerian agenesis refers to a condition in a female where the mullerian ducts fail to develop and a uterus will not be present. ...

Vaginoplasty may also include operations to relieve an imperforate hymen or to restore a ruptured hymen. An imperforate hymen is a condition where the hymen completely obstructs the vagina. ... Illustration of the female sex organs with hymen The hymen (or maidenhead) is a ring of tissue around the vaginal orifice. ...

See also

• Intersexuality
• Sex reassignment surgery male-to-female

An intersexual or intersex person (or organism of any unisexual species) is one who is born with genitalia and/or secondary sex characteristics determined as neither exclusively male nor female, or which combine features of the male and female sexes. ... Sex reassignment surgery from male to female involves reshaping the male genitals into a form with the appearance of and, as far as possible, the function of female genitalia. ...

References

1. ^ Vecchietti G.Creation of an artificial vagina in Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome. Attual Ostet Ginecol 1965;11:131-47
2. ^ Fedele L, Bianchi S, Tozzi L, Borruto F, Vignali M, A new laparoscopic procedure for creation of a neovagina in Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome. Fertil Steril 1996;66:854-7