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What's wrong with the debate on mesh surgery?
Author(s) -
Dietz Hans P.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.2012.01467.x
Subject(s) - independence (probability theory) , medicine , public relations , political science , mathematics , statistics
There is an increasingly acrimonious debate surrounding the use of anchored mesh in prolapse surgery. It is evident that clinicians and researchers working with this technology are under pressure from the public, from lawyers, regulators and colleagues. There is a risk that rapidly changing societal standards, championed by colleagues, lawyers and bureaucrats, will interfere with professional independence to such a degree that an entire new technology is lost before there has been time for clinical research to assess risks and benefits properly, before we learn which patients stand to benefit most, and before we get a chance to optimise implant design.