Advanced anterior vaginal wall prolapse is highly correlated with apical prolapse

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1837-1840

  Rooney, Kristin ^a   Kenton, Kimberly ^a   Mueller, Elizabeth R ^a   FitzGerald, Mary Pat ^a   Brubaker, Linda ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior repair; Cystocele; Pelvic organ prolapse quantification; Prolapse; Recurrent prolapse

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UTERINE PROLAPSE; VAGINA;

EID: 33751221349     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.06.065     Document Type: Article

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