Successful management of Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich syndrome in a 17-year-old virgin girl in the challenging socio-cultural-logistic setting of Syria: a case report.
Nafiza MartiniEbaa AlabdallahBasel Al-GhotaniIeman AlawadNazih TawashiPublished in: Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) (2023)
Shame and social stigma associated with virginity continue to endanger the lives of many girls in Syria. To complicate matters further, the low resources in Syria produced by war pose a difficult challenge in managing many gynecological conditions, including HWWS, like this case, in which endoscopic technologies were not available, necessitating open surgery while keeping in mind preserving hymen intactness. So, the authors indicate that preserving virginity could be conducted even though the approach is open surgery by very careful intervention and experienced surgeons.