Use of a Pessary in Treatment of Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Quality of Life, Compliance, and Failure at 1-Year Follow-up

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-74

  Ko, Po Chun ^a   Lo, Tsia Shu ^a   Tseng, Ling Hong ^a   Lin, Yi Hao ^a   Liang, Ching Chung ^a   Lee, Shu Jane ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Compliance; IIQ 7; Pelvic organ prolapse; Pessary; UDI 6

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY FREQUENCY; VAGINA PESSARY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PESSARIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 78650700843     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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