Surgical techniques for vault prolapse: A review of the literature

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 144-155

  Beer, M ^a   Kuhn, A ^b  

^a Burgerspital Solothurn   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abdominal sacrocolpopexy; IVS; Laparoscopic vault repair; Operative techniques; Sacrospinous ligament fixation; Vault repair

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABSCESS; ADHESION; ASTHMA; BLADDER INJURY; BLEEDING; COLITIS; CONSTIPATION; CYSTITIS; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEFECATION DISORDER; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GRAFT FAILURE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; ILEUS; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INFECTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDLINE; MICTURITION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHLEBITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOCELE; RECTUM INJURY; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; VAGINAL VAULT PROLAPSE; VAGINITIS;

EID: 16244364378     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2004.06.042     Document Type: Review

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