Persistent pelvic pain following transvaginal mesh surgery: A cause for mesh removal

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 224-228

  Marcus Braun, Naama ^a   Bourret, Antoine ^b   Von Theobald, Peter ^c  

^a Rebecca Sieff Government Hospital   (Israel)

^b CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c University Hospital of South Reunion Island   (France)

Author keywords

Mesh removal; Obturator neuralgia; Pelvic pain; Pudendal neuralgia; Vaginal mesh surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DYSPAREUNIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; NEURALGIA; OBTURATOR NERVE; OBTURATOR NEURALGIA; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; PUDENDAL NEURALGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIPLE OPERATION FOR PROLAPSE WITH PROSTHESES; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL MESH SURGERY; VAGINISM;

EID: 84861723300     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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