Radiofrequency Treatment of Vaginal Laxity after Vaginal Delivery: Nonsurgical Vaginal Tightening

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3088-3095

  Millheiser, Leah S ^a   Pauls, Rachel N ^b   Herbst, Seth Jordan ^c   Chen, Bertha H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Institute for Women's Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonsurgical vaginal tightening; Radiofrequency energy; Sexual dysfunction after childbirth; Vaginal laxity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMAL SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DISTRESS SCALE; GLOBAL RESPONSE ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION QUESTIONNAIRE; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINA LAXITY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VAGINAL LAXITY QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 77956285041     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01910.x     Document Type: Article

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