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. 2007 Oct 20;335(7624):819-23.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39356.604074.BE.

Uterine prolapse

Anjum Doshani  1 , Roderick E C Teo, Christopher J Mayne, Douglas G Tincello
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Review

Uterine prolapse

Anjum Doshani et al. BMJ. .
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Competing interests: DGT currently sits on the advisory board of clinical studies funded by Eli Lilly and Company and Johnson and Johnson Medical. Consultancy payments for these studies are managed by the University of Leicester research and business office and are used to support his research. DGT is also principal investigator on three investigator initiated studies funded by grants from Johnson and Johnson, Astellas Pharma, and UCB Pharma. In 2006, he received grants towards attending international scientific meetings from American Medical Systems, Astellas, Pfizer, UCB Pharma, and Janssen Cilag. CJM has provided surgical training in the use of the TVT and TVT-O devices, and the Apogee and Perigee mesh systems for prolapse surgery during sessions organised by Johnson and Johnson and American Medical Systems. He has received honorariums for speaking at international meetings.

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Delancey's three levels of pelvic support. Reprinted from Barber, with permission from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation
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