The prevalence of pelvic organ prolapse symptoms and signs and their relation with bladder and bowel disorders in a general female population

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1037-1045

  Slieker Ten Hove, Marijke C Ph ^a,b   Pool Goudzwaard, Annelies L ^b   Eijkemans, Marinus J C ^b   Steegers Theunissen, Regine P M ^b   Burger, Curt W ^b   Vierhout, Mark E ^c  

^a Pelvic Floor Research ^*  (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bladder; Bowel; Incontinence; Pelvic floor disorders; POPQ; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANUS CONTINENCE; ANUS DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEFECATION HABIT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; FECES INCONTINENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; URINE INCONTINENCE; UTERUS PROLAPSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINARY INCONTINENCE; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 70350441769     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-009-0902-1     Document Type: Article

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