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Erschienen in: International Urogynecology Journal 2/2010

01.02.2010 | Editorial

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

verfasst von: Charles W. Butrick

Erschienen in: International Urogynecology Journal | Ausgabe 2/2010

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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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Metadaten
Titel
Do guns kill people or...? The mesh dilemma
verfasst von
Charles W. Butrick
Publikationsdatum
01.02.2010
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
International Urogynecology Journal / Ausgabe 2/2010
Print ISSN: 0937-3462
Elektronische ISSN: 1433-3023
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-009-1082-8

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