Tobacco use is a risk factor for mesh erosion after abdominal sacral colpoperineopexy

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 198, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 561.e1-561.e4

  Lowman, Joye K ^a   Woodman, Patrick J ^a   Nosti, Patrick A ^a   Bump, Richard C ^a   Terry, Colin L ^b   Hale, Douglass S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal sacral colpoperineopexy; abdominal sacral colpopexy; mesh erosion; polypropylene mesh; smoking

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NICOTINE; OXYGEN; POLYPROPYLENE; PROSTACYCLIN;

ABDOMINAL SACRAL COLPOPERINEOPEXY; ABDOMINAL VAGINAL RECTOCELE REPAIR; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULDOPLASTY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSPAREUNIA; EROSION; FEMALE; FEVER; FISTULA; HEMATOMA; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MATERIALS TESTING; MENOPAUSE; MESH EROSION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOCELE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STEROID THERAPY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 42749096934     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.01.048     Document Type: Article

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