Dispelling the myth - Does hysterectomy cause pelvic organ dysfunction?

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 20-23

  Thakar, Ranee ^a  

^a MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADDER FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DYSURIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; PELVIC DISEASE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL FUNCTION; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT FUNCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; RECTAL DISEASES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES;

EID: 10644269564     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00461.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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