Complications following vaginal mesh procedures for stress urinary incontinence: An 8 year study of 92,246 women

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Keltie, Kim ^a,b   Elneil, Sohier ^c   Monga, Ashwani ^d   Patrick, Hannah ^e   Powell, John ^e,f   Campbell, Bruce ^g   Sims, Andrew J ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE DEVICE EFFECT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SUBURETHRAL SLING; SURGICAL MESH; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VAGINA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; SURGICAL MESH; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VAGINA;

EID: 85029655360     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11821-w     Document Type: Article

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