What is clinically relevant prolapse? An attempt at defining cutoffs for the clinical assessment of pelvic organ descent

International Urogynecology Journal and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 451-455

  Dietz, H P ^a   Mann, K P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cystocele; Female pelvic organ prolapse; ICS POP Q; Rectocele; Uterine prolapse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CYSTOCELE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CONTINENCE SOCIETY PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE QUANTIFICATION; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARITY; PATIENT HISTORY OF HYSTERECTOMY; PELVIC FLOOR DISORDER; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOCELE; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERUS PROLAPSE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899072677     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: 14333023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-013-2307-4     Document Type: Article

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