Neglected pessary causing a rectovaginal fistula: A case report

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-237

  Powers, Kenneth ^a,b   Grigorescu, Bogdan ^a   Lazarou, George ^a   Greston, Wilma Markus ^a   Weber, Thomas ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pessary; Rectovaginal fistula; Vaginal prolapse

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; VAGINA PESSARY;

AGED; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; PESSARIES; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 41849090148     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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