Long-term well-being after surgical or conservative treatment of severe vulvar vestibulitis

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1086-1093

  Tommola, Päivi ^a   Unkila Kallio, Leila ^a   Paavonen, Jorma ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Beck; dyspareunia; McCoy; posterior vestibulectomy; sexual well being; vestibulodynia; vulvar pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VESTIBULE; VESTIBULECTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLE SIZE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVAR VESTIBULITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865145273     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2012.01466.x     Document Type: Article

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