C Huub van der Vaart

OBJECTIVE: Provide insight into how gynaecologists and surgeons name, diagnose and treat a rectocele and identify the differences between these two professional groups. DESIGN: Questionnaire survey. METHODS: We sent an online survey with …

INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: We aimed to develop a prediction rule to predict the individual risk to develop stress urinary incontinence (SUI) after hysterectomy. METHODS: Prospective observational study with 3-year follow-up among women w…

PURPOSE: This study was designed to evaluate the risk on development and persistence of constipation after hysterectomy. METHODS: We conducted a prospective, observational, multicenter study with three-year follow-up in 13 teaching and non…

OBJECTIVES: To compare the effects of vaginal hysterectomy, subtotal abdominal hysterectomy, and total abdominal hysterectomy on sexual wellbeing. DESIGN: Prospective observational study over six months. SETTING: 13 teaching and non-teach…