The correlation of urethral mobility and point Aa of the pelvic organ prolapse quantification system before and after surgery

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1841-1845

  Rosencrantz, Marcus ^a   Menefee, Shawn A ^b   Lukacz, Emily S ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pelvic organ prolapse; Q tip angle; Urethral mobility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETHRA;

AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 33751205371     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.06.064     Document Type: Article

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