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Mid-urethral slings: surgical evolution as manifest by technology

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Dmochowski, R. Mid-urethral slings: surgical evolution as manifest by technology. Nat Rev Urol 4, 242–243 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0757

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