Practical use of the pessary

American Family Physician

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2719-2726

  Viera, Anthony J ^a   Larkins Pettigrew, Margaret ^b  

^a Naval Hospital Guam   (Guam)

^b NAVAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYSTOCELE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECTOCELE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VAGINA PESSARY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PESSARIES; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 0034194893     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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