Vaginoplasty is a reconstructive
plastic surgery and cosmetic procedure for the
vaginal canal and its mucous membrane, and of vulvo-vaginal structures that might be absent or damaged because of
congenital disease (
e.g., vaginal hypoplasia) or because of an acquired cause (
e.g., childbirth
physical trauma,
cancer). As such, the term
vaginoplasty generally describes any such cosmetic reconstructive and corrective vaginal surgery, and the term
neovaginoplasty specifically describes the procedures of either partial or total construction or reconstruction of the vulvo-vaginal complex.