Temporal latency between pelvic floor trauma and presentation for prolapse surgery: a retrospective observational study

International Urogynecology Journal and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1185-1189

  Thomas, V ^a   Shek, K L ^a   Guzman Rojas R ^a,b   Dietz, H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Birth trauma; Levator ani; Pelvic organ prolapse; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CYSTOCELE; ENTEROCELE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CONTINENCE SOCIETY PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE QUANTIFICATION SCORE; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MICTURITION DISORDER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT HISTORY OF SURGERY; PELVIC FLOOR TRAUMA; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS INJURY; PELVIS SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOCELE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TRANSLABIAL ULTRASOUND; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BIRTH; ECHOGRAPHY; INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PELVIS FLOOR; TIME FACTOR; TIME TO TREATMENT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PARTURITION; PELVIC FLOOR; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938970612     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: 14333023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-015-2677-x     Document Type: Article

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