Immediate effects of the initial FDA notification on the use of surgical mesh for pelvic organ prolapse surgery in medicare beneficiaries

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 330-335

  Reynolds, W Stuart ^a   Gold, Karen P ^a   Ni, Shenghua ^a   Kaufman, Melissa R ^a   Dmochowski, Roger R ^a   Penson, David F ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Veterans Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

pelvic organ prolapse; surgical mesh; U.S. Food and Drug Administration; U.S. Medicare program

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS SURGERY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MESH;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INPATIENTS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; SURGICAL MESH; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84876416552     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.22318     Document Type: Article

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