The PESSRI study: symptom relief outcomes of a randomized crossover trial of the ring and Gellhorn pessaries

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 405.e1-405.e8

  Cundiff, Geoffrey W ^a   Amundsen, Cindy L ^b   Bent, Alfred E ^c   Coates, Kimberly W ^c   Schaffer, Joseph I ^d   Strohbehn, Kris ^e   Handa, Victoria L ^a  

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

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gellhorn pessary; pelvic organ prolapse; Ring pessary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RING PESSARY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA PESSARY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 33947703071     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.02.018     Document Type: Article

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