What's wrong with the debate on mesh surgery?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 313-315

  Dietz, Hans P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

female pelvic organ prolapse; innovation; mesh; patient selection; surgery

Indexed keywords

CYSTOCELE; HUMAN; MESH SLING; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURGICAL MESH; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 84864715261     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2012.01467.x     Document Type: Review

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