Conservative versus surgical management of prolapse: What dictates patient choice?

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1157-1161

  Kapoor, Dharmesh S ^a   Thakar, Ranee ^a   Sultan, Abdul H ^a   Oliver, Reeba ^a  

^a MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bowel emptying; Pessaries; Prolapse; Quality of life; Sexual function; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION URGENCY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPAIRED BLADDER EMPTYING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SYMPTOM; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY URGENCY; UTERUS PROLAPSE; UTERUS SURGERY; VAGINA PESSARY;

EID: 70349148244     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-009-0930-x     Document Type: Article

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