Pelvic organ prolapse: Does the postoperative course of mesh-repair surgery differ in elderly women when compared with younger patients

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 852-856

  Rzepka, J ^a,b   Brocker, K ^b   Alt, C ^b   Corteville, C ^b   Sohn, C ^b   Lenz, F ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamic MRI; Elderly; Mesh; POP; QoL

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MESH SLING; MICTURITION DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PERISYMPHYSIS ABSCESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; VAGINITIS; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649942473     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01443615.2010.518257     Document Type: Article

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