A case of labial fusion and urinary pseudo-incontinence in an elderly woman. A surgical treatment and a review

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 491-493

  Palla, Ludovico ^a   De Angelis, B ^a   Lucarini, L ^a   Spallone, D ^a   Palla, G ^b   Cervelli, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Central Hospital of Viterbo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Labial fusion; Menopause; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ESTRIOL;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLITORIS; CYSTOURETHROCELE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; KELLY KENNEDY TECHNIQUE; MICTURITION DISORDER; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETHRA; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY PSEUDOINCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE VOLUME; URODYNAMICS; UROGRAPHY; VAGINA; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; VULVA; VULVA SYNECHIA; HOSPITALIZATION; TISSUE ADHESION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVA DISEASE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TISSUE ADHESIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 77954645715     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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