Adapted and improved terminology in aesthetic gynecology
I.A. Apolikhina, E.A. Gorbunova, T.A. Teterina, A.S. Saidova, D.S. Makovskaya, S.N. Kazakova, M.O. Ramazanova, L.N. Makarova, E.L. Yarotskaya, S.V. Gagarina, E.A. Ivanova
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About the Authors
Inna A. Apolikhina, MD, Professor, Head of the Department of Aesthetic Gynecology and Rehabilitation, V.I. Kulakov National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia; Professor of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, Perinatology, and Reproductology, Institute of Professional Education, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia; Member of the Board of the Russian Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; President of the Association of Aesthetic Gynecology Specialists (AAGS), +7(495)735-10-55, i_apolikhina@oparina4.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4581-6295, 4, Akademika Oparina str., Moscow, Russia, 117997.Elena A. Gorbunova, Obstetrician-gynecologist, Researcher, Department of Aesthetic Gynecology and Rehabilitation, V.I. Kulakov National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia, +7(495)735-10-55, el_gorbunova@oparina4.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4723-4299, 4, Akademika Oparina str., Moscow, Russia, 117997.
Tatiana A. Teterina, Ph.D., Obstetrician-gynecologist, Department of Aesthetic Gynecology and Rehabilitation, V.I. Kulakov National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia, +7(495)735-10-55, t_teterina@oparina4.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0990-2302, 4, Akademika Oparina str., Moscow, Russia, 117997.
Aina S. Saidova, PhD, Obstetrician-gynecologist, Department of Aesthetic Gynecology and Rehabilitation, V.I. Kulakov National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia, +7(495)735-10-55, a_saidova@oparina4.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3473-3109, 4, Akademika Oparina str., Moscow, Russia, 117997.
Diana S. Makovskaya, Obstetrician-gynecologist, Junior Researcher at the Department of Aesthetic Gynecology and Rehabilitation, V.I. Kulakov National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia, +7(495)735-10-55, md.makovskaya@gmail.com, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0159-8641, 4, Akademika Oparina str., Moscow, Russia, 117997.
Svetlana N. Kazakova, post-graduate student of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, Perinatology and Reproductology, V.I. Kulakov National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia, s-juice@mail.ru, 4, Akademika Oparina str., Moscow, 117997, Russia.
Marina O. Ramazanova, Obstetrician-gynecologist, Postgraduate, Department of Aesthetic Gynecology and Rehabilitation, V.I. Kulakov National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia, +7(495)531-44-44, mar1naramazanova@yandex.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2508-7109, 4, Akademika Oparina str., Moscow, Russia, 117997.
Lyudmila N. Makarova, Obstetrician-gynecologist, Applicant of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, Perinatology and Reproductology, V.I. Kulakov National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia, +7(495)531-44-44, info@oparina4.ru, 4, Akademika Oparina str., Moscow, Russia, 117997.
Ekaterina L. Yarotskaya, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of International Cooperation V.I. Kulakov National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of Russia, +7(495) 543-11-66, inter_otdel@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0335-9660, 4, Akademika Oparina str., Moscow, Russia, 117997.
Svetlana V. Gagarina, MD, plastic surgeon, Selin Clinic, +7(499)112-25-76, nesgag@yandex.ru, 119034, Russia, Moscow, Timur Frunze str., 11/15.
Elena A. Ivanova, PhD, Associate Professor at the Department of Morphology, Faculty of Medicine and Biology, N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, +7(916)118-10-34, elena.al.Ivanova@gmail.com, 1, Ostrovityanova str., Moscow, Russia, 117513.
The authors are grateful to the translator Valery A. Aksenov and the literary editor Elena V. Seliverstova for their help in preparing the publication
