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International Urogynecology Journal

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01-09-2007 | Editorial

“First do no harm” and the emerging story of the vaginal reconstructive mesh implant

Author: Steven E. Swift

Published in: International Urogynecology Journal | Issue 9/2007

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The Hippocratic oath that we all took upon graduating from medical school states:

I will follow that method of treatment which according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patient and abstain from whatever is harmful or mischievous.

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Title: “First do no harm” and the emerging story of the vaginal reconstructive mesh implant
Author: Steven E. Swift
Publication date: 01-09-2007
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: International Urogynecology Journal / Issue 9/2007
Print ISSN: 0937-3462
Electronic ISSN: 1433-3023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-007-0357-1

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