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To pull or not to pull, that is the question…how should we define prolapse?

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  1. Department of Urogynaecology, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, BS10 5NB, UK

    Phillip Smith

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas Street 634 CSB, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA

    Steven Swift

  3. Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery L4000, Women’s Hospital, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-5276, USA

    John O. L. DeLancey

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Smith, P., Swift, S. & DeLancey, J.O.L. To pull or not to pull, that is the question…how should we define prolapse?. Int Urogynecol J 24, 1995–1996 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-013-2142-7

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