Histological Inflammatory Response to Transvaginal Polypropylene Mesh for Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery

Journal of Urology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1189-1195

  Elmer, Caroline ^a   Blomgren, Bo ^c   Falconer, Christian ^a   Zhang, Anju ^a   Altman, Daniel ^a,b  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

foreign body reaction; polypropylenes; prolapse; suburethral slings; urethra

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; POLYPROPYLENE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EROSION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GRANULOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MACROPHAGE; MAST CELL; MESH SLING; PELVIS SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUNCH BIOPSY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPROPYLENES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 59349110623     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.11.030     Document Type: Article

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