Vaginal evisceration: Presentation and management in postmenopausal women

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 225-229

  Kowalski, Lynn D ^a,b   Seski, Jan C ^a   Timmins, Patrick F ^a   Kanbour, Anisa I ^a   Kunschner, Alan J ^a   Kanbour Shakir, Amal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEVASCULARIZATION; EVISCERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PELVIS FLOOR; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VAGINA; VAGINA ATROPHY; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

AGED; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROLAPSE; RISK FACTORS; VAGINA; VAGINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0029781215     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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