Is there a pelvic organ prolapse threshold that predicts pelvic floor symptoms?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 683.e1-683.e7

  Gutman, Robert E ^a   Ford, Daniel E ^a   Quiroz, Lieschen H ^a   Shippey, Stuart H ^a   Handa, Victoria L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bulging and protrusion symptoms; Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory; Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification System; prolapse; receiver operating characteristic curve; threshold

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HYMEN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAINFUL DEFECATION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM PROLAPSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLINTING; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SYMPTOM; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT PAIN;

EID: 57149122989     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.07.028     Document Type: Article

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