Ultrasound appearances after mesh implantation - Evidence of mesh contraction or folding?

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 529-533

  Svabík, Kamil ^a   Martan, Alois ^a   Masata, Jaromir ^a   El Haddad, Rachid ^a   Hubka, Petr ^a   Pavlikova, Marketa ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Mesh retraction; Mesh shrinking; Prolift anterior; Vaginal surgery; Vaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MESH IMPLANTATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 79959937328     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: 14333023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-010-1308-9     Document Type: Article

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