An extremely rare clinical case and a highly complex reconstructive surgery were successfully carried out in Kazakhstan — a colpopoiesis procedure was performed on a patient born without female reproductive organs.
KMU “KSPH” master’s student and young surgeon Ersa Shamil, together with the head of the department, performed a unique operation to create a new vagina for a patient diagnosed with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome.
According to the doctor, such cases are exceptionally rare, occurring in approximately 0.02% of women.
“This was one of the rarest and most challenging cases in my practice. The patient was born without a vagina, uterus, and ovaries. She is a 20-year-old woman who came to us from Central Kazakhstan,” said Ersa Shamil.
The patient was offered a colpopoiesis procedure — a reconstructive surgery aimed at creating a new vagina, allowing the woman to have a полноценную intimate life in the future.
The surgery was successful.
“Unfortunately, modern medicine is still unable to create a uterus ‘from scratch,’ which means the patient will not be able to carry and give birth to a child naturally. However, after the operation, she gained the opportunity to live a full and normal life,” the surgeon noted.
Within the medical community, such procedures are considered highly advanced and require not only professional training but also extensive experience in reconstructive surgery. In Kazakhstan, only a few specialists undertake surgeries of this level of complexity. The patient’s story has become an example of how modern medicine and the professionalism of doctors can significantly improve a person’s quality of life even in cases of the rarest congenital pathologies.
