English Explanatory Dictionary

Davydov procedure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of vaginoplasty in which the patient's peritoneum is used to construct a neovagina or to lengthen an abnormally short vagina.

Word forms

Davydov procedure Davydov procedures

Etymology

Named after Russian gynecologist S. N. Davydov, who popularized the procedure in the 1960s.

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