The most common cause for female virilization is congenital adrenal hyperplasia. For anticipating the serious psychological distress related to ambiguous genitalia, these patients require plastic surgery. At present, two-step methods are preferred as more reliable. However, the surgical treatment in this case extends over several years, and can greatly affect patient’s psychosocial status. Based on the analysis of known surgical treatments, we proposed a one-step method of feminizing genitoplasty. The advantages of the proposed method allows one-step surgical treatment of girls with virilized genitalia at an earlier age, before the child reaches the period of sexual self-identity. This approach provides less psychosocial distress and reduces the number of interventions, maintaining the adequate sensitivity of the clitoris, providing moist and age-appropriate vaginal opening by using the preputium of the penis homolog and urogenital sinus mucosa at genitoplasty. The abovementioned advantages increases the surgical treatment quality and quality of life in girls with virilized genitalia. The method is reproducible by pediatric surgeons with basic knowledge of children’s anatomy. Yet, a lengthy follow-up is needed to assess the long-term treatment results.
A clinical case and treatment of a disorder of sex development (46XX, ovotesticular type) who underwent a simultaneous surgery including diagnostic laparoscopy using the single access endoscopic surgery followed by gonadectomy and the single-stage feminizing genitoplasty, is described. Endocrinology service needs for determination of treatment approach in children with disorders of sex development are closely entwined with capabilities of endoscopic surgery, particularly laparoscopy. It’s necessary to quickly determine the gonadal structure due to the high risk of malignancies while examining these patients. The most useful method is the direct visualization of the gonads in the abdominal cavity by laparoscopy. In these cases the single access endoscopic surgery technique reduces the trauma and is welcomed in pediatrics. From our point of view, the preference for the patients with disorders of sex development management with expected gonadal dysgenesis must be given to a single access endoscopic surgery.
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