The anatomic and functional outcomes of defect-specific rectocele repairs

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1353-1359

  Porter, William E ^b   Steele, Andrew ^b   Walsh, Peggy ^b   Kohli, Neeraj ^b   Karram, Mickey M ^a  

^a Good Samaritan Hospital   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Defect specific repair; Posterior colporrhaphy; Rectocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTOCELE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; VAGINA TUMOR; WELLBEING;

EID: 0008784782     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(99)70376-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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