Table 1 Questions asked during telephone interviews with parents of patients treated because of labial adhesions at the last consultation at the Department of Paediatric Surgery, at least 6 months ago

1. Did your daughter have any persisting or recurrent problems (symptoms) with adhesions since the last visit at the department?

2. Does your daughter have adhesions at present?

3. What was the last treatment given for labial adhesions?

4a. Did you notice any side-effects from the treatments given?

4b. If so, what kind of side-effects did you experience?

Breast development/rash/pigmentation/skin irritation/scarring/bleeding/pain/discomfort during separation/other (please specify)

5. How do you experience the treatments (specify oestrogen and/or manual separation) on the following score from 1 to 5?

 1: The treatment was extremely complicated and inconvenient

 2: The treatment was complicated and inconvenient to a fairly large extent

 3: The treatment was a bit complicated and/or inconvenient

 4: The treatment was not very complicated or inconvenient

 5 The treatment was neither complicated nor inconvenient

6. What problems with the treatment did you experience (please specify for each treatment): Time-consuming/unclear treatment instructions/ anxiety/pain/side-effects/ discomfort touching the area/difficulties with applying the cream/other

7. Would you recommend other parents to use the treatment on their children? (please specify treatment): Yes/no/do not know