Virginity sparing surgery for imperforate hymen: report of two cases and review of literature

This case report describes a virginity-sparing surgical technique for treating imperforate hymen, an obstructive congenital anomaly affecting approximately one in two thousand female births. The authors present two cases where they performed a modified hymenotomy that avoided prophylactic antibiotics and Foley catheter use while successfully forming an intact annular hymen post-procedure. They argue that this simple approach is socially acceptable and preferable in cultures where preserving virginity is critical for unmarried patients. Relevance to endometriosis: The paper does not explicitly discuss endometriosis or adenomyosis; it was included in the corpus via a keyword match in the upstream search index.

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