Vaginal vault prolapse: Evaluation and repair

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 404-408

  Ginsberg, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterocele; Obstet Gynecol; Stress Urinary Incontinence; Uterosacral Ligament; Vaginal Vault

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; BACK; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; UTERUS PROLAPSE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 0642367800     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-003-0016-0     Document Type: Article

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