OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the referral pattern to a tertiary care center for vaginal mesh complications following surgeries for pelvic organ support defect.
METHODS: This was a retrospective review of women presenting to our clinic for complications of vaginal mesh.
RESULTS: One hundred thirty three patients were included in the study. The median age was 58.4 years, median parity was two, and 95.4% were Caucasian. The pattern of referral was as follows: 10% continued care at the tertiary center where mesh or graft was initially inserted, 18% were referred by the surgeon who initially implanted the mesh or graft, 71% were referred from an outside secondary health care provider, and 1% was self referred.
CONCLUSION: The majority of patients presenting to our clinic with mesh vaginal mesh complications were referred by someone other than the implanting surgeon.
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Rostaminia G, Shobeiri A, Quiroz LH, Nihira MA. Are you the author?
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oklahoma City, OK 73190, USA.
Reference: J Okla State Med Assoc. 2012 Sep;105(9):356-8.
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 23155843
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