The use of grafts for anterior vaginal prolapse repair: Pros and cons

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 501-505

  Nguyen, John N ^a,b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystocele; Grafts; Mesh; Vaginal prolapse

Indexed keywords

POLYGLACTIN; PROPYLENE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COLPORRAPHY; CYSTOCELE; DYSPAREUNIA; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDLINE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; VAGINAL MESH; VAGINAL MESH EROSION;

CYSTOCELE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH; TRANSPLANTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE PROLAPSE; VAGINA;

EID: 55349132392     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e32830fe3c1     Document Type: Review

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