Strengths and limitations
The discovery and photographic documentation of the vaginal outlet wall
are the significant strength of this study. The vavinal outlet wall
provides anatomical stabilization to the vaginal opening and is one of
the structures that prevent the vaginal orifice from gaping. Reviewing
the medical literature failed to identify any scientific-clinical
article about the vaginal outlet wall; therefore, the present
investigation is a groundbreaking discovery that provides scientific
data about this structure. Additionally, this discovery offers new
knowledge about the vaginal outlet wall within the female external
genital anatomy that has potential for practical clinical
implementation.
An anatomical study has inherent limitations because a single
researcher’s interpretation of the anatomical findings can be considered
a limitation, which sets up an expectancy and confirmation bias. The
doubt that the solo investigation purposively dissected towards the
expected outcome could not be dispelled.
Moreover, the study’s weakness on fresh cadavers is the occurrence of
gross and topographic postmortem distortions due to vaporization and
tissue shrinkage; therefore, any cadaveric investigation will not
represent the actual size and, to the same degree, altered shape. Also,
the absence of accepted terms influences a descriptive meaning.
Additionally, the research on the corpses can not establish the
functional anatomy of the vaginal outlet wall; however, it can be used
as a tool for practical understanding of these anatomical structures.