Tension-free cystocele repair: An analysis after a follow-up of 24 months

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 369-376

  Granese, R ^a   Adile, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b Department of Internal Medicine and Respiratory Diseases   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cystocele; Polypropylenes; Surgical mesh; Urinary incontinence, stress

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; ESTROGEN; POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOCELE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPAREUNIA; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYSTEROCELE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PROSTHESIS; RECTOCELE; RECURRENT DISEASE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; CYSTOCELE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPROPYLENES; RECTOCELE; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 36348960103     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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