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Right labia minora width was 0\u200a\u2013\u200a2\u2009cm in 51.7% (n\u2009=\u200946), 2\u200a\u2013\u200a4\u2009cm in 47.2% (n\u2009=\u200942) and &gt;\u20094\u2009cm in 1.1% (n\u2009=\u20091) of cases. Left labia minora width was 0\u200a\u2013\u200a2\u2009cm in 52.8% (n\u2009=\u200947), 2\u200a\u2013\u200a4\u2009cm in 41.6% (n\u2009=\u200937) and &gt;\u20094\u2009cm in 5.6% (n\u2009=\u20095) of cases. The incidence of Anterior 2 and Posterior 1 vessels in the different morphologies were statistically significantly different (p\u2009=\u20090.007, p\u2009=\u20090.018). The Anterior 2 vessel was higher in the lower morphology group whereas the Posterior 1 vessel was higher in the upper morphology group. A central vessel was observed in 93.3% (n\u2009=\u200983) of patients in the left labium minus and the right labium minus. The incidence of the Posterior 1 vessel was significantly higher in the left labium minus than in the right labium minus (p\u2009=\u20090.021).<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Discussion This novel technique to assess labial vascularity using a cold light source could be very useful to reduce dehiscence by avoiding excessive resection of highly vascularized tissue. Most units can easily access a cold light source, which can be used to assess labial vascularity prior to labiaplasty.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/a-0647-2404","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,8,29]],"date-time":"2018-08-29T13:42:00Z","timestamp":1535550120000},"page":"775-784","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["A Novel Technique for Mapping the Vascularity of Labia Minora Prior to Labiaplasty: Cold Light Illumination"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"78","author":[{"given":"Aski","family":"Kaya","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duzce University Hospital, Duzce, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ozan","family":"Dogan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Health Sciences University, Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Murat","family":"Yassa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Health Sciences University, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alper","family":"Basbug","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duzce University Hospital, Duzce, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Eray","family":"\u00c7al\u0131\u015fkan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bah\u00e7e\u015fehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"194","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,8,20]]},"container-title":["Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde"],"original-title":[],"language":"de","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/www.thieme-connect.de\/products\/ejournals\/pdf\/10.1055\/a-0647-2404.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,22]],"date-time":"2018-11-22T05:51:57Z","timestamp":1542865917000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/www.thieme-connect.de\/DOI\/DOI?10.1055\/a-0647-2404"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2018,8]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"08","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,8,20]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2018,8]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1055\/a-0647-2404","relation":{},"ISSN":["0016-5751","1438-8804"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0016-5751","type":"print"},{"value":"1438-8804","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2018,8]]}}}