Effect of estrogen replacement on the histologic response to polypropylene mesh implanted in the rabbit vagina model

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 201, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 505.e1-505.e9

  Higgins, Edmund W ^a   Rao, Arundhati ^a   Baumann, Shannon S ^a   James, Rebecca L ^a   Kuehl, Thomas J ^a   Muir, Tristi W ^a   Pierce, Lisa M ^a  

^a TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

estrogen replacement; pelvic organ prolapse; polypropylene mesh; rabbit model; synthetic graft

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ESTRADIOL; POLYPROPYLENE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HORMONE RESPONSE; LAPAROTOMY; MESH SLING; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; TREATMENT DURATION; VAGINA ATROPHY; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; VAGINITIS;

ANIMALS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; OVARIECTOMY; POLYPROPYLENES; RABBITS; SURGICAL MESH; VAGINA;

EID: 70350565371     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.05.050     Document Type: Article

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