One-year prospective comparison of vaginal pessaries and surgery for pelvic organ prolapse using the validated ICIQ-VS and ICIQ-UI (SF) questionnaires

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1305-1312

  Lone, Farah ^a   Thakar, Ranee ^a   Sultan, Abdul H ^a  

^a MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ICIQ UI; ICIQ VS; Pelvic floor repair; Pelvic organ prolapse; Pessary; Validated questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICIQ (INCONTINENCE); INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOOSE FECES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINA PESSARY; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PESSARIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84940435434     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: 14333023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-015-2686-9     Document Type: Article

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