Prospective follow-up of female sexual function after vaginal surgery for pelvic organ prolapse using transobturator mesh implants

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 914-922

  Hoda, M R ^a   Wagner, Sigrid ^a   Greco, Francesco ^a   Heynemann, Hans ^a   Fornara, Paolo ^a  

^a University Medical School of Halle/Wittenberg Clinic for Urology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Female Sexual Function after Vaginal Surgery; Pelvic Organ Prolapse; Quality of Life; Transobturator Mesh Implants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CYSTOCELE; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUBRICATION; OPERATION DURATION; ORGASM; PAIN; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTOCELE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE; VAGINAL VAULT PROLAPSE;

EID: 79951989466     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01959.x     Document Type: Article

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