Prevalence, etiology and risk factors of pelvic organ prolapse in premenopausal primiparous women

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1463-1470

  Durnea, C M ^a,b   Khashan, A S ^a   Kenny, L C ^a   Durnea, U A ^a   Smyth, M M ^c   O'Reilly B A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Collagen; Cystocele; Pelvic organ prolapse; Primiparous; Rectocele

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 3;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLAGEN DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOCELE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIMIPARA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTOCELE; RISK FACTOR; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRANSPERINEAL ULTRASOUND; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VARICOSIS; BLOOD; INJURIES; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; JOINT INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CESAREAN SECTION; COLLAGEN TYPE III; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; JOINT INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARITY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; VARICOSE VEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919795546     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: 14333023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-014-2382-1     Document Type: Article

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