Risk factors for mesh/suture erosion following sacral colpopexy

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 688.e1-688.e5

  Cundiff, Geoffrey W ^a   Varner, Edward ^b   Visco, Anthony G ^c   Zyczynski, Halina M ^d   Nager, Charles W ^g   Norton, Peggy A ^e   Schaffer, Joseph ^f   Brown, Morton B ^h   Brubaker, Linda ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

ⁱ LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

CARE trial; expanded polytrafluroethylene (Gore Tex, GORE Medical, Newark, DE); hysterectomy; mesh erosion; sacral colpopexy

Indexed keywords

MERSILENE; POLYESTER; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYTRAFLUOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL SACRAL COLPOPEXY; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUTURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 57149146984     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.07.029     Document Type: Article

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