Low-weight polypropylene mesh for anterior vaginal wall prolapse: A randomized controlled trial

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 110, Issue 2 II, 2007, Pages 455-462

  Hiltunen, Reijo ^b   Nieminen, Kari ^a   Takala, Teuvo ^b   Heiskanen, Eila ^b   Merikari, Mauri ^b   Niemi, Kirsti ^b   Heinonen, Pentti K ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYMEN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESIDUAL URINE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; COLPOTOMY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS PROLAPSE;

AGED; COLPOTOMY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; POLYPROPYLENES; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 34548445004     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000261899.87638.0a     Document Type: Article

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