This surgery is performed on females with androgen insensitivity syndrome where non-invasive forms of lengthening the vagina cannot be done and, mostly, on male-to-female transsexuals as an alternative to penile inversion[?] with or without an accompanying skin graft (usually from either the thigh or abdomen).
Due to numerous potential complications most surgeons will recommend a colovaginoplasty only when there is no alternative.
See sexual reassignment surgery
Links Colovaginoplasty (http://www.geocities.com/greta2501/colo.htm) Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (http://www.medhelp.org/www/ais/) Penile Inversion (http://www.transgendercare.com/surgical/penile_inv/penile_inversion_proto.htm)
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