Defining patients' knowledge and perceptions of vaginal mesh surgery

Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 282-287

  Brown, Lindsay K ^a   Fenner, Dee E ^b   Berger, Mitchell B ^b   DeLancey, John O L ^b   Morgan, Daniel M ^b   Patel, Divya A ^b   Schimpf, Megan O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Media; Patient counseling; Television commercials; Vaginal mesh surgery

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS; UROLOGY;

INFORMATION SOURCES; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; MEDIA; MEDICAL CENTER; MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS; MULTI VARIABLES; PATIENT COUNSELING; TELEVISION COMMERCIALS;

SURGERY;

ADULT; AVERSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; LAW SUIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MESH SLING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; TELEVISION; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINAL MESH SURGERY; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL MESH; VAGINA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL MESH; TELEVISION; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; VAGINA;

EID: 84884504678     PISSN: 21518378     EISSN: 21544212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SPV.0b013e31829ff765     Document Type: Conference Paper

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