Posterior compartment defect repair in vaginal surgery: Update on surgical techniques

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 387-393

  Ginger, Van Anh T ^b   Kobashi, Kathleen C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; COLPORRHAPHY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; XENOGRAFT;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTAL PROLAPSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 34848839210     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-007-0036-2     Document Type: Review

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