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Surgical management of recurrent vaginal obliteration due to severe erosive lichen planus
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  • Abhiram Kanneganti,
  • Ida Ismail-Pratt,
  • Nooraishah Yasin,
  • Jen Hui Jeffrey Low
Abhiram Kanneganti
National University Hospital

Corresponding Author:abhiram_kanneganti@nuhs.edu.sg

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Ida Ismail-Pratt
Singapore Medical Group Women's Health
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Nooraishah Yasin
Gold Coast University Hospital
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Jen Hui Jeffrey Low
National University Hospital
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Abstract

Erosive vulvovaginal lichen planus is usually treated medically with steroids and immunosuppressants. Surgery is indicated if vaginal scarring leads to labial fusion causing urethral obstruction or vaginal obliteration but carries a high risk of recurrence. We present a lady who presented with urethral obstruction due to recurrent vaginal obliteration after previous surgical division of labial agglutination. Vaginoplasty was performed to restore the vaginal orifice and included the use of sodium carboxymethylcellulose antiadhesion gel with a vaginal mould. A strict post-operative regime of topical anti-adhesion gel and topical steroids with regular vaginal dilator usage contributed to sustained results at one year
Aug 2021Published in International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics volume 154 issue 2 on pages 368-369. 10.1002/ijgo.13762