Uterosacral ligament vaginal vault suspension: Anatomy, outcome and surgical considerations

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 484-488

  Yazdany, Taji ^a   Bhatia, Narender ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Prolapse; Uterosacral suspension; Vaginal vault suspension

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CYSTOSCOPY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIGAMENT; PELVIS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACRAL LIGAMENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTEROSACRAL SUSPENSION; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; VAGINAL VAULT PROLAPSE; VAGINAL VAULT SUSPENSION;

CYSTOSCOPY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; GYNECOLOGY; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER; UTERINE PROLAPSE; VAGINA;

EID: 55349137415     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e32830eb8c6     Document Type: Review

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