Vaginal surgical approach to vaginal vault prolapse: Considerations of anatomic correction and safety

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 435-437

  Lovatsis, Danny ^a   Drutz, Harold P ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Safety; Surgical treatment; Vaginal vault prolapse

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; PATIENT CARE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; UTERINE PROLAPSE; VAGINA;

EID: 0142216267     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-200310000-00013     Document Type: Review

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