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New frontiers in pelvic floor surgery: avoiding and managing the iatrogenically induced foreshortened, constricted, or painful vagina

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Dr. Gebhart is a consultant for CR Bard Inc.; Dr. Karram is on the Speakers’ Bureau and is a consultant for Ethicon Women’s Health and Urology and American Medical Systems.

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  1. Division of Urogynecology, The Christ Hospital, 2139 Auburn Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45219, USA

    Mickey M. Karram

  2. Division of Gynecologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA

    John B. Gebhart

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Karram, M.M., Gebhart, J.B. New frontiers in pelvic floor surgery: avoiding and managing the iatrogenically induced foreshortened, constricted, or painful vagina. Int Urogynecol J 20, 1283–1284 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-009-1004-9

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