What is "perineoplasty"

Perineoplasty \Per`i*ne"o*plas`ty\, n. [Perineum + -plasty.] (Med.) The act or process of restoring an injured perineum.

n. (context medicine English) Any of several related surgical procedures used in the correction of conditions of the vagina and/or anus, especially the repair of the perineum.

right|thumb|300px|Perineoplasty: the pre-operative aspect (left), and the post-operative aspect (right) of the surgical correction of the perineum. Perineoplasty (also perineorrhaphy) denotes the plastic surgery procedures used to correct clinical conditions (damage, defect, deformity) of the vagina and the anus. Among the vagino-anal conditions resolved by perineoplasty are vaginal looseness, vaginal itching, damaged perineum, incontinence, genital warts, dyspareunia, intraoital stenosis, vaginismus, vulvar vestibulitis, and decreased sexual sensation. Depending upon the vagino-anal condition to be treated, there are two variants of the perineoplasty procedure: the first, to tighten the perineal muscles and the vagina; the second, to loosen the perineal muscles.