Twenty-five sacrospinous ligament fixation procedures in a district general hospital: Our experience

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 361-363

  Allahdin, S ^a,b   Herd, D ^a   Reid, B A ^a  

^a RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTOCELE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INGUINAL REGION; MEDICAL RECORD; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACROSPINOUS LIGAMENT FIXATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VAGINA BLEEDING; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 24644454820     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610500118731     Document Type: Article

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