Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 2 , Pages 401-407, July 2010

Congenital malformations of the female genital tract: the need for a new classification system

  • Grigoris F. Grimbizis, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Assistant Professor Grigoris F. Grimbizis, First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Tsimiski 51 Street, 54623, Thessaloniki, Greece (FAX: 30-2310-991510).
    • ,
  • Rudi Campo, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • European Academy of Gynecological Surgery and European Society of Gynecological Endoscopy, Leuven, Belgium

Received 8 August 2009; received in revised form 4 February 2010; accepted 15 February 2010. published online 31 March 2010.

Current proposals for classifying female genital anomalies seem to be associated with limitations in effective categorization, creating the need for a new classification system that is as simple as possible, clear and accurate in its definitions, comprehensive, and correlated with patients' clinical presentation, prognosis, and treatment on an evidence-based foundation. Although creating a new classification system is not an easy task, it is feasible when taking into account the experience gained from applying the existing classification systems, mainly that of the American Fertility Society.

Key Words: Congenital malformations, classification, female genital anomalies

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 G.F.G. has nothing to disclose. R.C. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(10)00309-2

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.02.030

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 2 , Pages 401-407, July 2010

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