Patients' assessments of a superficial modified vestibulectomy for vestibulodynia

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 407-412

  Goetsch, Martha F ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyspareunia; Pelvic floor; Vulvar vestibulitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUPERFICIAL MODIFIED VESTIBULECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULODYNIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VULVODYNIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS;

EID: 47149097510     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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