Sexual and organ function in patients with symptomatic prolapse: are pessaries helpful?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1914-1918

  Kuhn, Annette ^a   Bapst, Doris ^a   Stadlmayr, Werner ^a   Vits, Kathleen ^b   Mueller, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b PRINCESS ANNE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FSFI; pelvic organ prolapse; Pessaries; quality of life; sexual and pelvic organ function; Sheffield prolapse questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINA PESSARY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PESSARIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 66149134712     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.02.142     Document Type: Article

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