Vaginal prolapse, pelvic floor function, and related symptoms 16 years after sex reassignment surgery in transsexuals

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2379-2382

  Kuhn, Annette ^a,b   Santi, Alessandro ^a   Birkhäuser, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Urogynaecology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Long term results; pelvic floor; prolapse; sex reassignment operation; transsexuality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; MICTURITION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TRANSSEXUALISM;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFECATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC FLOOR; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REOPERATION; SEX REASSIGNMENT SURGERY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS; TRANSSEXUALISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; URINATION DISORDERS; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 79956344894     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.03.029     Document Type: Article

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