A randomized trial of colpopexy and urinary reduction efforts (CARE): Design and methods

Controlled Clinical Trials

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 629-642

  Brubaker, Linda ^a,j   Cundiff, Geoff ^b   Fine, Paul ^c   Nygaard, Ingrid ^d   Richter, Holly ^e   Visco, Anthony ^f   Zyczynski, Halina ^g   Brown, Morton B ^h   Weber, Anne ⁱ  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

ⁱ EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^j LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

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Author keywords

Paravaginal defect repair; Pelvic organ prolapse; Randomized surgical trial; Sacrocolpopexy; Urinary incontinence; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLPOPEXY; COLPOSUSPENSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXERCISE TEST; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIC DISEASE; PELVIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SACROCOLPOPEXY; STANDARDIZATION; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINARY TRACT FUNCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; SUTURING METHOD; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS; UROGENITAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 1542757279     PISSN: 01972456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-2456(03)00073-4     Document Type: Article

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