Evaluation of the fascial technique for surgical repair of isolated posterior vaginal wall prolapse

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 320-324

  Singh, Kavita ^a   Cortes, E ^a   Reid, W M N ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOCELE; RECTOUTERINE POUCH; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

ADULT; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE PROLAPSE; VAGINA;

EID: 0037308751     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(02)02616-9     Document Type: Article

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