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International Urogynecology Journal
Published in: International Urogynecology Journal 2/2010

01-02-2010 | Editorial

Do guns kill people or...? The mesh dilemma

Author: Charles W. Butrick

Published in: International Urogynecology Journal | Issue 2/2010

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Excerpt

Many of the articles in this journal and others demonstrate the mixed messages of mesh augmented repairs for pelvic organ prolapse. At this point, short-term data (2-year follow-up or less) suggest that its use for anterior compartment defects may provide an advantage over non-mesh augmented repairs [1, 2], but at what cost [3, 4]? …
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Hiltunen R, Nieminen K, Takala T, Heiskanen E, Merikari M, Niemi K, Heinonen PK (2007) Low-weight polypropylene mesh for anterior vaginal wall prolapse: a randomized controlled trial. Obstet Gynecol 110:455–462PubMed
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Metadata
Title
Do guns kill people or...? The mesh dilemma
Author
Charles W. Butrick
Publication date
01-02-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
International Urogynecology Journal / Issue 2/2010
Print ISSN: 0937-3462
Electronic ISSN: 1433-3023
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-009-1082-8

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