Transvaginal mesh short-life working group: report

Findings of the short life working group on management of mesh complications.


Footnotes

1. Morling JR et al, Adverse events after first, single, mesh and non-mesh surgical procedures for stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse in Scotland, 1997-2016: a population-based cohort study, Lancet 2017; 389: 629-40.

2. Scottish Government. Scottish Independent Review of the use, safety and efficacy of transvaginal mesh implants in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse in women. Final Report March 2017.

3. Views of the Scottish Mesh Survivors Group on the Service provided to the Mesh-injured Women in Scotland.
Available at https://www.parliament.scot/S5_PublicPetitionsCommittee/Submissions%202019/PE1517_HHHH_Comb.pdf

4. My life, my experience. Capturing Lived Experience of Complication Following Transvaginal Mesh Surgery.
Available at https://www.alliance-scotland.org.uk/blog/news/my-life-my-experience

5. NICE guideline 123. Urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse in women: management prolapse in women: management, 2019.
Available at www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng123

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