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Labial adhesion

MedGen UID:
539906
Concept ID:
C0266419
Congenital Abnormality
Synonym: labial adhesions
SNOMED CT: Synechia vulvae (13262009)
 
HPO: HP:0033588

Definition

Synechia vulvae (adhesions of the labia minora) are characterized by a complete or partial fusion of the labia minora in the midline. [from HPO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Huseynov M, Hakalmaz AE
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 2020 Aug;33(4):343-348. Epub 2020 Mar 26 doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2020.03.005. PMID: 32224247
Knudtzon S, Haugen SE, Myhre AK
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 2017 Jan;137(1):31-35. Epub 2017 Jan 10 doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.16.0101. PMID: 28073227
Mayoglou L, Dulabon L, Martin-Alguacil N, Pfaff D, Schober J
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 2009 Aug;22(4):247-50. doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2008.09.003. PMID: 19646671

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Liang Z, Chen J, Yu X, Zhu L
Organogenesis 2021 Apr 3;17(1-2):20-25. Epub 2021 May 20 doi: 10.1080/15476278.2021.1905477. PMID: 34014808Free PMC Article
Huseynov M, Hakalmaz AE
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 2020 Aug;33(4):343-348. Epub 2020 Mar 26 doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2020.03.005. PMID: 32224247
Knudtzon S, Haugen SE, Myhre AK
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 2017 Jan;137(1):31-35. Epub 2017 Jan 10 doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.16.0101. PMID: 28073227
Samuels E, Ocheke AN, Samuels NE
Afr J Paediatr Surg 2016 Jan-Mar;13(1):6-8. doi: 10.4103/0189-6725.181622. PMID: 27251516Free PMC Article
Melek E, Kılıçbay F, Sarıkaş NG, Bayazıt AK
J Pediatr Urol 2016 Apr;12(2):111.e1-5. Epub 2015 Oct 23 doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2015.10.002. PMID: 26590736

Diagnosis

Loveless M, Myint O
Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol 2018 Apr;48:14-27. Epub 2017 Sep 5 doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2017.08.014. PMID: 28927766
Knudtzon S, Haugen SE, Myhre AK
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 2017 Jan;137(1):31-35. Epub 2017 Jan 10 doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.16.0101. PMID: 28073227
Samuels E, Ocheke AN, Samuels NE
Afr J Paediatr Surg 2016 Jan-Mar;13(1):6-8. doi: 10.4103/0189-6725.181622. PMID: 27251516Free PMC Article
Melek E, Kılıçbay F, Sarıkaş NG, Bayazıt AK
J Pediatr Urol 2016 Apr;12(2):111.e1-5. Epub 2015 Oct 23 doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2015.10.002. PMID: 26590736
Seehusen DA, Earwood JS
J Am Board Fam Med 2007 Jul-Aug;20(4):408-10. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2007.04.060214. PMID: 17615422

Therapy

Huseynov M, Hakalmaz AE
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 2020 Aug;33(4):343-348. Epub 2020 Mar 26 doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2020.03.005. PMID: 32224247
Singh P, Han HC
Int Urogynecol J 2019 Sep;30(9):1429-1432. Epub 2018 Nov 28 doi: 10.1007/s00192-018-3821-1. PMID: 30488271
Dowlut-McElroy T, Higgins J, Williams KB, Strickland JL
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 2019 Jun;32(3):259-263. Epub 2018 Oct 29 doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2018.10.006. PMID: 30385397
Knudtzon S, Haugen SE, Myhre AK
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 2017 Jan;137(1):31-35. Epub 2017 Jan 10 doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.16.0101. PMID: 28073227
Goldman RD
Can Fam Physician 2013 Jan;59(1):37-8. PMID: 23341655Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Farias A, Rojas-Gualdrón DF, Restrepo M, Zecchin KG, Bussaneli DG, Yupanqui K, Raposo-Amaral CE, Dos Santos-Pinto L
Clin Oral Investig 2023 Dec;27(12):7809-7820. Epub 2023 Nov 13 doi: 10.1007/s00784-023-05370-y. PMID: 37955725
Nerantzoulis I, Grigoriadis T, Michala L
Eur J Pediatr 2017 Oct;176(10):1429-1432. Epub 2017 Aug 30 doi: 10.1007/s00431-017-3004-y. PMID: 28856426
Knudtzon S, Haugen SE, Myhre AK
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 2017 Jan;137(1):31-35. Epub 2017 Jan 10 doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.16.0101. PMID: 28073227
Melek E, Kılıçbay F, Sarıkaş NG, Bayazıt AK
J Pediatr Urol 2016 Apr;12(2):111.e1-5. Epub 2015 Oct 23 doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2015.10.002. PMID: 26590736

Clinical prediction guides

Gao H, Zhang Y, Pan Y, Zhao M, Qi Y, Zhou M, Chan SSC, Huang S, Song P, Tang K, Sun L, Yuan C
Front Public Health 2023;11:1073886. Epub 2023 Sep 4 doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1073886. PMID: 37727603Free PMC Article
Kim SW, Han JY, Han SJ, Kim H, Ku SY
J Pediatr Urol 2023 Aug;19(4):403.e1-403.e6. Epub 2023 Jan 13 doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2023.01.006. PMID: 37179197
Liang Z, Chen J, Yu X, Zhu L
Organogenesis 2021 Apr 3;17(1-2):20-25. Epub 2021 May 20 doi: 10.1080/15476278.2021.1905477. PMID: 34014808Free PMC Article
Ridgway EB, Estroff JA, Mulliken JB
J Craniofac Surg 2011 Sep;22(5):1822-6. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31822e824f. PMID: 21959443
Smith C, Smith DP
Urology 2000 Feb;55(2):272-6. doi: 10.1016/s0090-4295(99)00571-3. PMID: 10688093

Recent systematic reviews

Chappell AG, Sood R, Hu A, Folsom SM, Wafford QE, Bowen DK, Post LA, Jordan SW
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2021 Oct;74(10):2467-2478. Epub 2021 Jun 6 doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2021.05.022. PMID: 34219039
Thierens L, Brusselaers N, De Roo N, De Pauw G
Oral Dis 2017 Oct;23(7):889-896. Epub 2017 Jan 24 doi: 10.1111/odi.12613. PMID: 27878905

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