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Tobacco use, immunosuppressive, chronic pain, and psychiatric conditions are prevalent in women with symptomatic mesh complications undergoing mesh removal surgery.

Elliot K BlauSarah A AdelsteinKatherine A AminSharon J DurfyAlvaro LucioniKathleen C KobashiUna J Lee
Published in: Investigative and clinical urology (2019)
This research identified tobacco use, and psychiatric, immunosuppressive, and chronic pain conditions as prevalent in this cohort of patients undergoing mesh removal. Surgical removal can improve presenting symptoms, including for patients with pain in the absence of other indications.
Keyphrases
  • chronic pain
  • patients undergoing
  • pain management
  • mental health
  • minimally invasive
  • case report
  • risk factors
  • physical activity
  • depressive symptoms
  • sleep quality
  • neuropathic pain
  • atrial fibrillation