Classification and evaluation of prolapse

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 895-911

  Mouritsen, Lone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Faecal incontinence; Pelvic organ prolapse; Sexual problems; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFECATION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MICTURITION DISORDER; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

COITUS; CONSTIPATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIC FLOOR; PREVALENCE; PROLAPSE; RECTOCELE; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; URINARY INCONTINENCE; UTERINE PROLAPSE; UTERUS; VAGINA; VISCERAL PROLAPSE;

EID: 29544432431     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2005.08.007     Document Type: Review

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