Histological features of the rectovaginal septum in elderly women and a proposal for posterior vaginal defect repair

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 863-868

  Nagata, Ichiro ^a   Murakami, Gen ^b   Suzuki, Daisuke ^b   Furuya, Kenichi ^c   Koyama, Masayasu ^d   Ohtsuka, Aiji ^e  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d Kitano Hospital   (Japan)

^e OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Areolar tissue; Histology; Posterior vaginal defect repair; Rectovaginal septum; Venous plexus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCELE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOCELE; RECTOUTERINE POUCH; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 34447130776     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-006-0249-9     Document Type: Article

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