Total colpocleisis with high levator plication for the treatment of advanced pelvic organ prolapse

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 121-126

  Von Pechmann, Walter S ^a   Mutone, Martina ^a   Fyffe, Joanne ^a   Hale, Douglass S ^a  

^a METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colpectomy; Colpocleisis; Pelvic organ prolapse; Vaginal hysterectomy; Vaginectomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLPOCLEISIS; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 0037660805     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2003.546     Document Type: Article

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