Changes in vaginal anatomy and sexual function after vaginal surgery

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 799-804

  Occhino, John A ^a   Trabuco, Emanuel C ^a   Heisler, Christine A ^a   Klingele, Christopher J ^a   Gebhart, John B ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Gynecologic surgical procedures; Pelvic organ prolapse; Sexual dysfunction, physiological; Urinary incontinence; Vagina

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARIECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SUBURETHRAL SLING; VAGINA SURGERY;

EID: 80052483140     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: 14333023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-011-1386-3     Document Type: Article

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