Patient characteristics that are associated with continued pessary use versus surgery after 1 year

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 159-164

  Clemons, Jeffrey L ^a   Aguilar, Vivian C ^b   Sokol, Eric R ^b   Jackson, Neil D ^b   Myers, Deborah L ^b  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pelvic organ prolapse; Pessary; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS; PELVIS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TISSUE INJURY; VAGINA PESSARY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PESSARIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 4043145889     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.04.048     Document Type: Article

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