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AN EXTRAPERITONEAL OPERATION FOR VAGINAL VAULT SUSPENSION TO THE ANTERIOR ABDOMINAL WALL
Author(s) -
Javey H.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1979.tb10601.x
Subject(s) - vault (architecture) , suspension (topology) , abdominal wall , medicine , surgery , vaginal vault , engineering , vagina , structural engineering , mathematics , homotopy , pure mathematics
Summary A completely extraperitoneal abdomino‐vaginal operation for vaginal inversion, using Mersilene mesh, is described. There were no major postoperative complications and at follow‐up of the 13 patients at 10 to 26 months after operation the results were satisfactory.