Pelvic floor surgery in the older woman: Enhanced compared with usual preoperative assessment

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 800-807

  Richter, Holly E ^a   Redden, David T ^b   Duxbury, Andrew S ^b   Granieri, Evelyn C ^b   Halli, Anne D ^b   Goode, Patricia S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRUG CLEARANCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITION; PARITY; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ALABAMA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PELVIC FLOOR; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 15944415438     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000154920.12402.02     Document Type: Review

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