Surgical reconstruction of pelvic floor descent: Anatomic and functional aspects

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Wagenlehner, F M E ^a   Bschleipfer, T ^a   Liedl, B ^b   Gunnemann, A ^c   Petros, P ^d   Weidner, W ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Beckenbodenzentrum München   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM LIPPE DETMOLD   (Germany)

^d ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Functional anatomy; Pelvic floor; Prolapse; Surgical reconstruction; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

BLADDER; BLADDER NECK; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ENTEROPATHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HISTORY; HUMAN; IMPAIRED BLADDER EMPTYING; INNERVATION; LIGAMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MUSCLE FORCE; NOCTURIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PELVIS SURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SYMPTOM; URETHRA; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINARY URGENCY; UTEROSACRAL LIGAMENT DEFECT; VAGINA; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINAL LAXITY;

EID: 77649166502     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000273458     Document Type: Review

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