Bowel symptoms in women planning surgery for pelvic organ prolapse

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1814-1819

  Bradley, Catherine S ^a   Brown, Morton B ^b   Cundiff, Geoffrey W ^c   Goode, Patricia S ^d   Kenton, Kimberly S ^e   Nygaard, Ingrid E ^f   Whitehead, William E ^g   Wren, Patricia A ^b   Weber, Anne M ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowel symptoms; Constipation; Pelvic organ prolapse; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL DISEASE; COLPOSUSPENSION; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VAGINA;

AGED; ANUS DISEASES; COLONIC DISEASES; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTAL DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 33751256316     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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