The relationship of vaginal prolapse severity to symptoms and quality of life

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 971-976

  Digesu, G Alessandro ^a,b   Chaliha, Charlotte ^a   Salvatore, Stefano ^a   Hutchings, Anna ^a   Khullar, Vik ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR VAGINA WALL PROLAPSE; ARTICLE; BOWEL SYMPTOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE QUANTIFICATION SYSTEM; PELVIS RELAXATION; PERINEAL BODY MEASUREMENT; POSTERIOR VAGINA WALL PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLAPSE QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY SYMPTOM; UTERINE CERVIX PROLAPSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY RETENTION; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 21244471088     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00568.x     Document Type: Article

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