Mesh or not to Mesh in Female Pelvic Organ Prolapse: This is the Problem!

doi:10.15344/2394-4986/2018/137

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International Journal of Gynecology & Clinical Practices Volume 5 (2018), Article ID 4:IJGCP-137, 2 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4986/2018/137

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Mesh or not to Mesh in Female Pelvic Organ Prolapse: This is the Problem!

Giampiero Capobianco^*1,2, Pier Luigi Cherchi¹ and Salvatore Dessole¹

¹Gynecologic and Obstetric Clinic, Sassari University, Italy
²Department of Surgical, Microsurgical and Medical Sciences Viale San Pietro 12,07100,Sassari, Italy

Corresponding Author Details: Prof. Giampiero Capobianco, Department of Surgical, Microsurgical and Medical Sciences Viale San Pietro 12,07100,Sassari, Italy, Tel. +393392897821, Fax +39079228265; E-mail: capobia@uniss.it

Received: 27 December 2017; Accepted: 17 January 2018; Published: 19 January 2018

Citation: Capobianco G, Luigi P, Dessole S (2018) Mesh or not to mesh in female pelvic organ prolapse: this is the Problem!. Int J Gynecol Clin Pract 5: 137. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4986/2018/137

Copyright: © 2018 Capobianco et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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