Surgery combined with muscle therapy for dyspareunia from vulvar vestibulitis: An observational study

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 597-603

  Goetsch, Martha F ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyspareunia; Pelvic floor; Vaginismus; Vulvar vestibulitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE THERAPY; MYALGIA; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PELVIS FLOOR; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 34547095014     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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