Comparison of effectiveness of vaginal and abdominal routes in treating severe uterovaginal or vault prolapse

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 475-481

  Ng, C C M ^a   Han, W H C ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Abdominal sacrocolpopexy; Uterovaginal prolapse; Vaginal sacrospinous ligament fixation; Vault prolapse

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SACROCOLPOPEXY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; EROSION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; OPERATION DURATION; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VAGINA SACROSPINOUS LIGAMENT FIXATION; VAGINAL VAULT PROLAPSE; WOUND INFECTION;

FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 11944267743     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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