Pelvic floor dysfunction in morbidly obese women: Pilot study

Obesity Research

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1104-1107

  Kapoor, Dharmesh S ^a   Davila, G Willy ^a   Rosenthal, Raul J ^a   Ghoniem, Gamal M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pelvic floor dysfunction; Pelvic prolapse; Sexual dysfunction; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS FLOOR; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; UTERUS PROLAPSE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PELVIC FLOOR; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; URINARY INCONTINENCE; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 6344231530     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2004.138     Document Type: Article

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