Midline rectovaginal fascial plication for repair of rectocele and obstructed defecation

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 685-689

  Maher, Christopher F ^a   Qatawneh, Aymen M ^a   Baessler, Kaven ^a   Schluter, Philip J ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION DISORDER; DEFECOGRAPHY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTOCELE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; CONSTIPATION; EVALUATION; FASCIA; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VAGINA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSTIPATION; FASCIA; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTOCELE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UTERINE PROLAPSE; VAGINA;

EID: 7944227018     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000139833.48063.03     Document Type: Article

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