The role of apical vaginal support in the appearance of anterior and posterior vaginal prolapse

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 152-157

  Lowder, Jerry L ^a   Park, Amy J ^b   Ellison, Rennique ^b   Ghetti, Chiara ^b   Moalli, Pamela ^b   Zyczynski, Halina ^b   Weber, Anne M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE QUANTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; UTERINE PROLAPSE; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 37549060639     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000297309.25091.a0     Document Type: Article

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