Labial surgery for well women: A review of the literature

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-25

  Liao, L M ^a   Michala, L ^a   Creighton, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABIA SURGERY; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVA; VULVAL DISCOMFORT; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VULVA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72149133143     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02426.x     Document Type: Review

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