Sonomorphological evaluation of polypropylene mesh implants after vaginal mesh repair in women with cystocele or rectocele

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 449-452

  Tunn, R ^a   Picot, A ^a   Marschke, J ^a   Gauruder Burmester, A ^a  

^a St Hedwig Hospitals ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Polypropylene mesh; Recurrent prolapse surgery; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

PROPYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER EMPTYING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOCELE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMPLANT; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOCELE; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYSTOCELE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPROPYLENES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTOCELE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247371490     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.3962     Document Type: Article

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