Symptoms of female pelvic organ prolapse: Correlation with organ descent in women with single compartment prolapse

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 317-321

  Blain, Gemma ^a   Dietz, Hans Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cystocele; Female pelvic organ prolapse; Pelvic reconstructive surgery; Rectocele; Translabial ultrasound; Uterovaginal prolapse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYSTOCELE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENTEROCELE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECTOCELE; SYMPTOM; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; URODYNAMICS; UTERUS PROLAPSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYSTOCELE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECTOCELE; UTERINE PROLAPSE; VAGINAL DISEASES;

EID: 44849102072     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2008.00872.x     Document Type: Article

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