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Exact instructions key to success of labial separation. (Pediatric Patients).

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| February 15, 2002 | Johnson, Kate | COPYRIGHT 2002 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

ORLANDO, FLA. -- Scarring from prior surgical separation and thick adhesions may make estrogen therapy less effective in treating pediatric labial agglutination.

But the majority of girls can have good results with this first-line treatment, according to Dr. Yolanda Smith, who presented her findings at the annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.

"You need to give the mothers very explicit instructions about gently separating the labia and applying the estrogen cream. It's important that they apply the cream with some gentle pressure, combined with traction, to the line of fusion," said Dr. Smith of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

In a study of 34 girls with labial agglutination whose average age was 4.4 years (ranging from 0.6 years to 14 years), 11 ...

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