Urology
Volume 72, Issue 1 , Pages 85-89 , July 2008

Histologic Comparison of Pubovaginal Sling Graft Materials: A Comparative Study

  • Anthony J. Woodruff

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana
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  • Emily E. Cole

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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  • Roger R. Dmochowski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
    • ,
  • Harriette M. Scarpero

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
    • ,
  • Edwin N. Beckman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana
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  • J. Christian Winters

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: J. Christian Winters, M.D., Department of Urology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, 1514 Jefferson Highway, AT-4, New Orleans, LA.

Received 2 April 2006 ,Accepted 5 March 2008.

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PII: S0090-4295(08)00343-9

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.03.012

Urology
Volume 72, Issue 1 , Pages 85-89 , July 2008

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