Repair of vaginal vault prolapse and pelvic floor relaxation using polypropylene mesh

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 555-559

  Mourtzinos, Arthur ^a   Raz, Shlomo ^b  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesh; Pelvic floor relaxation; Perineal body descent; Rectocele; Vault prolapse

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ABDOMINAL SACROCOLPOPEXY; COLPOTOMY; CYSTOCELE; HUMAN; ILIOCOCCYGEUS FASCIA COLPOPEXY; INTRAVAGINAL SLINGPLASTY; LIGAMENT; LITHOTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; VAGINAL VAULT PROLAPSE;

FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; PELVIC FLOOR; POLYPROPYLENES; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 33748257439     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gco.0000242960.70985.c2     Document Type: Review

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