Vaginal Birth Defects and Buccal Mucosa Vaginoplasty - PediaCast 544

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4.8 • 598 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Dr Linda Baker visits the studio as we consider birth defects of the vagina... and the buccal mucosa vaginoplasty. Around 1 in 4,000 girls experience these birth defects, and using tissue from inside the mouth is less invasive than traditional repairs. We hope you can join us!

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0:00.0	This is Pediacast.
0:20.7	Welcome to Pediacast, a pediatric podcast for parents.
0:24.8	And now, direct from the campus of nationwide children's, here is your host, Dr. Mike.
0:30.1	Hello, everyone, and welcome.
0:32.1	Once again to Pediacast.
0:34.0	It is a pediatric podcast for moms and dads.
0:37.4	This is Dr. Mike, coming to you from the campus of Nationwide Children's Hospital. It is a pediatric podcast for moms and dads.
0:41.8	This is Dr. Mike coming to you from the campus of nationwide children's hospital.
0:43.5	We're in Columbus, Ohio.
0:49.6	It's episode 544 for September 6th, 2020.
0:55.7	We're calling this one vaginal birth defects and buckle mucosa vaginoplasty.
0:58.5	I want to welcome all of you to the program.
1:04.7	So as you can tell by the title of this episode, we have a technical topic for you this week.
1:06.3	But there's good news.
1:08.8	It is not too difficult to comprehend.
1:13.6	Vaginal birth defects, that terminology is pretty easy to understand.
1:17.8	But what in the world is buccal mucosa vaginoplasty?
1:21.1	Well, let's break down those words right off the bat.
1:26.8	Buckle mucosa is the medical term for the lining of the cheeks inside the mouth, and vaginoplasti refers to construction
1:30.1	or reconstruction of the vagina. So buccal mucosa vaginoplasty simply refers to constructing
1:37.9	or reconstructing birth defects of the vagina with tissue from the inside of the cheek. Now, you may be asking, how often
1:46.9	is this even a consideration? Well, it turns out about 1,000 and 4,000 girls are born with
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