Erschienen in:
01.12.2009 | Letter to the Editor
“Commercial pressures and professional ethics: troubling revisions to the recent ACOG Practice Bulletins on surgery for pelvic organ prolapse”: response to Weber
verfasst von:
L. Lewis Wall, Douglas Brown
Erschienen in:
International Urogynecology Journal
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Ausgabe 12/2009
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Excerpt
We thank Dr. Weber [
1] for her interest in our article [
2]. We are deeply saddened by her detailed confirmation of our worst suspicions concerning the removal of any reference to the ‘experimental’ nature of the trocar-and-mesh kit operations for prolapse in ACOG Practice Bulletin #85. We agree with her that the original wording should be restored. We further suggest that ACOG affirm in print its commitment to promoting evidence-based practice that is truly in the best interests of patients, even if doing so potentially threatens the financial interests of members of the College. …