Vaginal mesh kits for pelvic organ prolapse, friend or foe: A comprehensive review

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Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 163-189

  Moore, Robert D ^a   Miklos, John R ^a  

^a NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystocele; Mesh complications; Perigee; Prolapse; Prolift; Rectocele; Vaginal mesh

Indexed keywords

BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CYSTOCELE; DYSPAREUNIA; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VAGINA PAIN; VAGINAL MESH KIT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; VAGINA; VISCERAL PROLAPSE;

DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PAIN; SURGICAL MESH; VAGINA; VISCERAL PROLAPSE;

EID: 63649119919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2009.19     Document Type: Review

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