The effect of age on short-term outcomes after abdominal surgery for pelvic organ prolapse

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 857-863

  Richter, Holly E ^a   Goode, Patricia S ^a,b   Kenton, Kim ^c   Brown, Morton B ^d   Burgio, Kathryn L ^a,b   Kreder, Karl ^e   Moalli, Pamela ^f   Wright, E James ^g   Weber, Anne M ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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

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

Author keywords

Length of stay; Older women; Outcomes; Pelvic organ prolapse; Quality of life; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLPOSUSPENSION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SACROCOLPOPEXY; SHORT FORM 36; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 34347360789     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01178.x     Document Type: Article

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