Urinary symptoms and quality of life in women following urogenital fistula repair: A long-term follow-up study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1570-1574

  Dolan, L M ^a   Dixon, W E ^b   Hilton, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Long term follow up; Quality of life; Surgery; Urodynamics; Urogenital fistula

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER FISTULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICTURITION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; URETHRA FISTULA; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS; UROGENITAL FISTULA; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINAL VAULT PROLAPSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; URETHRAL DISEASES; URINARY INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL FISTULA; VESICOVAGINAL FISTULA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53849140441     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01927.x     Document Type: Article

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