"The Use of Cadaver Fascia Lata for the Urethral Sling Procedure: Risk of Donor Infectious Disease."

According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, held May 1-6, 1999, in Dallas, Texas, "Introduction and Objectives: Cadaveric fascia late grafts used for suburethral sling procedures have recently gained in popularity due to ready accessibility of this material and decreased morbidity to patients. A common question that patients and physicians ask about this procedure is how safe from infectious disease is this human cadaveric tissue' Herein we report our experience with 34 cadaveric fascia late grafts used for suburethral slings and fascia used exclusively from the Northwest Tissue Center in Seattle [Washington,...

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