Outcomes and Complications of Transvaginal and Abdominal Custom-shaped Light-weight Polypropylene Mesh Used in Repair of Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-67

  Stanford, E J ^a   Mattox, T F ^b   Pugh, C J ^c  

^a Gynecologic Specialties and Urogynecology   (United States)

^b Carolina Continence Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Erosion; Mesh; Outcomes; POP Q; Prolapse

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LAPAROSCOPY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MESH SLING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROMA; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POLYPROPYLENES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650711755     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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