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International Urogynecology Journal
Published in: International Urogynecology Journal 11/2018

01-11-2018 | Editorial

In defense of J Marion Sims

Authors: Peter Petros, Burghard Abendstein, Andrew Browning

Published in: International Urogynecology Journal | Issue 11/2018

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Report by William Neuman, New York Times, April 16, 2018: "The statue commemorating Dr. J. Marion Sims will be removed from Central Park on Tuesday morning and relocated to Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, where he is buried. …
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Marion Sims J. Classic articles in urogynecology on the treatment of vesico-vaginal fistula*. Int Urogynecol J. 1998;9:236–48.CrossRef
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Browning A, Williams G, Petros P. Prevention and cure of post vesico-vaginal fistula repair incontinence by insertion of skin graft in the bladder neck area of vagina- update on hypothesis and interim report. Pelviperineology. 2017;36:9–11.
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Metadata
Title
In defense of J Marion Sims
Authors
Peter Petros
Burghard Abendstein
Andrew Browning
Publication date
01-11-2018
Publisher
Springer London
Published in
International Urogynecology Journal / Issue 11/2018
Print ISSN: 0937-3462
Electronic ISSN: 1433-3023
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-018-3708-1

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