A prospective assessment of overactive bladder symptoms in a cohort of elderly women who underwent transvaginal surgery for advanced pelvic organ prolapse

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82.e1-82.e4

  Foster Sr , Raymond T ^a   Barber, Matthew D ^b   Parasio, Marie Fidela R ^b   Walters, Mark D ^b   Weidner, Alison C ^a   Amundsen, Cindy L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

overactive bladder; pelvic organ prolapse; prolapse surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; BLADDER NECK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TRANSVAGINAL SURGERY; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY URGENCY; URODYNAMICS; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 34347260246     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.02.049     Document Type: Article

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