Surgery for pelvic organ prolapse: A historical perspective

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 256-261

  Barbalat, Yanina ^a   Tunuguntla, Hari S G R ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft; Apical prolapse; Colpocleisis; Cystocele; Female urology; Pelvic organ prolapse; Rectocele; Sacral colpopexy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIQUITY; COLPOCLEISIS; CYSTOCELE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPAREUNIA; ENTEROCELE REPAIR; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINIMALLY INVASIVE ABDOMINAL SACRAL COLPOPEXY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PELVIS SURGERY; POSTERIOR COLPORRHAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RECTOCELE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SACRAL COLPOPEXY; SACROSPINOUS LIGAMENT FIXATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINARY FREQUENCY; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

CYSTOCELE; FEMALE; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PESSARIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 84864834055     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-012-0249-x     Document Type: Review

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