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International Urogynecology Journal
Published in: International Urogynecology Journal 6/2018

01-06-2018 | Editorial

Should surgeons continue to implant mesh sheets behind the vagina?

Authors: P E P Petros, Bernhard Liedl, Darren Gold

Published in: International Urogynecology Journal | Issue 6/2018

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Aims of this editorial are to explain how discrete ligament repair using the artificial neoligament principle exactly as used in the highly successful midurethral sling differs substantially from transvaginal mesh sheets that work only by blocking organ descent. …
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Metadata
Title
Should surgeons continue to implant mesh sheets behind the vagina?
Authors
P E P Petros
Bernhard Liedl
Darren Gold
Publication date
01-06-2018
Publisher
Springer London
Published in
International Urogynecology Journal / Issue 6/2018
Print ISSN: 0937-3462
Electronic ISSN: 1433-3023
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-018-3612-8

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