Tissue fixation system posterior sling for repair of uterine/vault prolapse - A preliminary report

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 376-379

  Petros, Peter E P ^a,b,c   Richardson, Peter A ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mesh; Pelvic floor surgery; Posterior sling; TFS; Uterine prolapse; Vault prolapse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOCELE; ENTEROCELE; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PELVIS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOCELE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FIXATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URODYNAMICS; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VAGINAL VAULT PROLAPSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYPROPYLENES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 29244483703     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2005.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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