Outcomes of vaginal vault prolapse repair with a high uterosacral suspension procedure utilizing bilateral single sutures

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1207-1213

  Wheeler II, Thomas L ^a,b   Gerten, Kimberly A ^a   Richter, Holly E ^a   Duke, Angela G ^a   Varner, R Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcomes; Uterosacral suspension; Vaginal surgery; Vaginal vault prolapse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; URETER INJURY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INJURY; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL VAULT PROLAPSE; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 35648951143     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-007-0305-0     Document Type: Article

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