The accuracy of clinical evaluation of posterior vaginal wall defects

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 160-163

  Burrows, Lara J ^a   Sewell, Catherine ^b   Leffler, Kenneth S ^b   Cundiff, Geoffrey W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defect directed repair; Prolapse; Rectocele

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOCELE; RECTOVAGINAL FASCIA DEFECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STANDARD; ARTICLE; FASCIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VAGINA;

FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECTOCELE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA;

EID: 0141677611     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-002-1019-y     Document Type: Review

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