Incontinence pessaries: Size, POPQ measures, and successful fitting

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1023-1028

  Nager, Charles W ^a,i   Richter, Holly E ^b   Nygaard, Ingrid ^c   Fidela Paraiso, Marie ^d   Wu, Jennifer M ^e   Kenton, Kimberly ^f   Atnip, Shanna D ^g   Spino, Cathie ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Incontinence dish; Incontinence ring; Pessary; Stress urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INCONTINENCE AID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; VAGINA; VAGINA PESSARY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PESSARIES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350437729     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-009-0866-1     Document Type: Article

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