Can sex survive pelvic floor surgery?

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1313-1319

  Srikrishna, Sushma ^a   Robinson, Dudley ^a   Cardozo, Linda ^a   Gonzalez, Juan ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Sexual function; Surgery; Urinary incontinence; Urogenital prolapse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANORGASMIA; ANTERIOR VAGINAL WALL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL HIATUS; GOLOMBOK RUST INVENTORY OF SEXUAL SATISFACTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KINGS HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGASM; PELVIC FLOOR SURGERY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE QUANTIFICATION; PELVIS SURGERY; PERINEAL BODY; PERINEUM; POSTERIOR VAGINAL WALL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TOTAL VAGINAL LENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA; VAGINAL APEX; VAGINISM; VIDEOCYSTOURETHROGRAPHY;

EID: 78650135059     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-010-1198-x     Document Type: Article

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