Efficacy and outcome of anterior vaginal wall repair using polypropylene mesh (Gynemesh)

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 700-704

  Jo, Hoenil ^a   Kim, Jae Weon ^a   Park, Noh Hyun ^a   Kang, Soon Beom ^a   Lee, Hyo Pyo ^a   Song, Yong Sang ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anterior vaginal wall repair; Cystocele; Mesh; Polypropylene; Uterine prolapse

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CYSTOCELE; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EROSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPROPYLENES; SURGICAL MESH; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 34548524928     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2007.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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