What is pelvic reconstructive surgery?
This is performed in Centres of Excellence and may require the input of gynaecologist, plastic surgeon, bowel surgeon and a kidney surgeon. Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery may be required in rare cases where a female is born without a vagina but the condition may not be recognised until a women fails to have a period. Otherwise it is performed occasionally in women who have had cervical cancer or radiotherapy and the disease has recurred.
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