Do alterations in vaginal dimensions after reconstructive pelvic surgeries affect the risk for dyspareunia?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 192, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 1573-1577

  Abramov, Yoram ^a   Gandhi, Sanjay ^a   Botros, Sylvia M ^a   Goldberg, Roger P ^a   Sherman, Wendi ^a   Rurak, Margaret ^a   Sand, Peter K ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyspareunia; Prolapse; Reconstructive pelvic surgery; Vaginal dimension

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; VAGINA;

AGED; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VAGINA;

EID: 20644471629     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.10.628     Document Type: Article

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