A NOVEL FABRICATION TECHNIQUE OF PROSTHETIC HOLLOW VAGINAL STENT FOR A CASE OF MAYER–ROKITANSKY–KUSTER–HAUSER SYNDROME

Abstract

Vaginal stents are most widely employed in the management of maintaining the patency of neovagina in patients with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome. Although several methods are available for the fabrication of vaginal stents, hardly any techniques are described in the literature to date to make the vaginal stent prosthesis hollow. This article presents a novel simple and cost-effective technique for fabricating custom hollow vaginal stent prostheses for patients with MKRH syndrome. This dental technique offers a convenient removable treatment option for maintaining the patency of the neovagina and is a very straightforward, reasonably simple, and cost-effective method for making vaginal stents.