High uterosacral ligament vault suspension at vaginal hysterectomy: Objective and subjective outcomes of a modified technique

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 539-544

  Jeffery, Stephen T ^a   Doumouchtsis, Stergios K ^a   Franco, Anna V M ^a   Fynes, Michelle M ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Uterosacral ligament suspension; Vaginal hysterectomy; Vaginal vault prolapse; Vault suspension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH UTEROSACRAL LIGAMENT SUSPENSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VAGINA PAIN; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; VAGINAL VAULT PROLAPSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY, VAGINAL; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SUTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE; UTERINE PROLAPSE; VAGINA;

EID: 67650477400     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2008.00984.x     Document Type: Article

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