Pessary use and impact on quality of life and body image

Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 298-301

  Patel, Minita S ^a   Mellen, Colleen ^a   O'Sullivan, David M ^b   LaSala, Christine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Pelvic organ prolapse; Pessary

Indexed keywords

SURGERY;

BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PESSARY; QUALITY OF LIFE; T-TESTS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84856424121     PISSN: 21518378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SPV.0b013e31823a8186     Document Type: Article

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