New pelvic symptoms are common after reconstructive pelvic surgery

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88.e1-88.e5

  Pham, Thythy ^a   Kenton, Kimberly ^a   Mueller, Elizabeth ^a   Brubaker, Linda ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

incontinence; new symptoms; prolapse; quality of life; surgical outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEFECATION DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICTURITION DISORDER; MIXED INCONTINENCE; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROMA; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 58049147741     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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