To mesh or not to mesh

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 344-345

  Dietz, Hans P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Female pelvic organ prolapse; Imaging; Levator ani; Pathophysiology; Pelvic floor

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EROSION; MESH SLING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGICAL MESH; UTERINE PROLAPSE; VAGINA;

EID: 70350170536     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2009.01034.x     Document Type: Review

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