Fascia - Defects and repair

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 366-371

  Monga, Ash ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTIPARA; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERUS PROLAPSE;

EID: 0029836950     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-199610000-00010     Document Type: Review

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