Efficacy and safety of using mesh or grafts in surgery for anterior and/or posterior vaginal wall prolapse: Systematic review and meta-analysis

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1350-1361

  Jia, X ^a   Glazener, C ^a   Mowatt, G ^a   MacLennan, G ^a   Bain, C ^b   Fraser, C ^a   Burr, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Efficacy; Mesh; Pelvic organ prolapse; Safety; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSPAREUNIA; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; META ANALYSIS; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 51749084883     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01845.x     Document Type: Review

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