Adverse events after first, single, mesh and non-mesh surgical procedures for stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse in Scotland, 1997–2016: a population-based cohort study

The Lancet

Volumn 389, Issue 10069, 2017, Pages 629-640

  Morling, Joanne R ^a,b   McAllister, David A ^a,c   Agur, Wael ^d   Fischbacher, Colin M ^a   Glazener, Cathryn M A ^e   Guerrero, Karen ^f   Hopkins, Leanne ^a   Wood, Rachael ^a  

^a INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d CROSSHOUSE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f QUEEN ELIZABETH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCOTLAND; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; AGED; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; ODDS RATIO; PROCEDURES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBURETHRAL SLING; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VAGINA;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REOPERATION; SCOTLAND; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; SURGICAL MESH; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VAGINA;

EID: 85008227542     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32572-7     Document Type: Article

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