Peritoneum Vaginoplasty; Implementation According to IDEAL Framework

This study aims to assess if a single flap peritoneum vaginoplasty is safe and feasible.The IDEAL framework for evaluation and implementation of surgical techniques will be used. There are two patient groups who are eligible to undergo this procedure. The first group consists of transgender women who either have a shortage of penile skin (so they cannot undergo standard operation technique: penile inversion) or a stenosis of their primary neovagina. The second group consists of women who are born without a vagina or have an acquired short or absent vagina after vaginectomy or hysterectomy because of malignancy of the cervix or vagina. At the moment, standard procedure for both groups in the Amsterdam University Medical Center (UMC) is the sigmoid vaginoplasty, where a part of the bowel is used to form a vaginal cavity. This procedure is risky, because in some cases, the bowel anastomosis is defect. An other more frequent complication, is malodorous excessive discharge. Sometimes accompanied by inflammation of the diversion neovagina. In recent years, the use of the peritoneum vaginoplasty has been described for transgender women. However, the peritoneum is either used as small flaps to deepen the vagina, or the peritoneum is pulled down, which limits the depth of the neovagina. We want to implement a different technique, where the peritoneum is harvested in a single pedicled flap, which is brought down and sutured in the cavity cylinder shaped. The risks are the same as in any laparoscopic surgery, but we suspect the risk of failure of the anastomosis is much lower, as is the chance of a temporary stoma.

Sex

All

Minimum age

18 Years

Inclusion Criteria:

* Indication for vaginoplasty, with no option to use penoscrotal tissue or with shortage of penoscrotal tissue.
* Age \>18
* Able to give informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* Contra-indication for laparoscopic surgery
* Smoking (cessation for at least 6 weeks)
* BMI 18 \< or \>30 kg/m2

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