The effectiveness of transvaginal anterior colporrhaphy reinforced with polypropylene mesh in the treatment of severe cystoceles

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 875-881

  Ng, Christopher Chee Mun ^a   Chong, Christopher Y L ^a  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Prolapse; Retrospective study; Surgical mesh

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE; BIOMATERIAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOCELE; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; PELVIS ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; TRANSVAGINAL ANTERIOR COLPORRHAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VAGINA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CYSTOCELE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYPROPYLENES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VAGINA;

EID: 33847740377     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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