What's new in prolapse surgery?

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 315-323

  Deval, Bruno ^a   Haab, François ^b  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

Author keywords

Genital prolapse; Surgery

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; POLYGLACTIN; POLYPROPYLENE;

EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PELVIC DISEASE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERUS PROLAPSE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; PELVIC FLOOR; POLYGLACTIN 910; POLYPROPYLENES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL MESH; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; UTERINE PROLAPSE; VAGINA;

EID: 0041866628     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042307-200307000-00008     Document Type: Review

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