American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 194, Issue 5 , Pages 1411-1417 , May 2006

Effect of patient age on increasing morbidity and mortality following urogynecologic surgery

Received 24 June 2005 ,Revised 28 October 2005 ,Accepted 13 January 2006.

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 Supported in part by grant T32: HD040674-03; WIH/Brown Epidemiology/Clinical Trials Training Program; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.Presented at the Twenty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the American Urogynecologic Society, Atlanta, GA, September 15-17, 2005.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0002-9378(06)00091-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.01.050

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 194, Issue 5 , Pages 1411-1417 , May 2006

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