The perils of commercially driven surgical innovation

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30.e1-30.e4

  Wall, L Lewis ^a   Brown, Douglas ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ethics; medical devices; prolapse; sling operations; surgical ethics; surgical innovation; surgical mesh

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBOVAGINAL SLING; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 72149088464     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.05.031     Document Type: Article

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