History of NASPAG: The Early Years of PAG 1800’s (United States)

The Early Years of PAG 1800’s (United States):

Common PAG topic - absence of the vagina and the development of surgical procedures to correct this anomaly.

Additional topics in the 1800s - menstruation, sexual abuse of children, STIs in children, bleeding in infants, child brides, adolescent pregnancy, hermaphroditism, primary sarcoma of the vagina in a child, other ambiguous genitalia, the configuration of the hymen, teenage sexuality and abortion

1882 - a review of published reports noted a 43% postoperative mortality in children treated for benign and malignant ovarian tumors. 

1891 - review article reported a 10% mortality rate associated with treatment of the imperforate hymen. 

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