Vaginal mesh update: A look at the issues

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 263-264

  Winters, J Christian ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MESH SLING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT FAILURE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VAGINA;

EID: 84862536823     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: 14736586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e328354a754     Document Type: Editorial

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