Patient perception of transvaginal mesh and the media

Urology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 575-582

  Koski, Michelle Elaine ^a   Chamberlain, Jennifer ^b   Rosoff, James ^c   Vaughan, Taylor ^a   Kaufman, Melissa R ^d   Winters, Jack C ^b   Rovner, Eric S ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

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

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; GYNECOLOGICAL AND OBSTETRIC IMPLANT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SAFETY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL MESH; TRANSVAGINAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; SURGICAL MESH; UNITED STATES; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 84906842593     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2014.03.051     Document Type: Article

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