Van Rest, K. L. C. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1097-1110
Gielen, M. J. C. A. M. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4787-4461
Warmerdam, L. M.
Kowalik, C. R. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0802-1116
Roovers, J. P. W. R. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3069-6382
Zwaans, W. A. R. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2700-5621
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport (MESH21)
Article History
Received: 8 August 2022
Accepted: 22 January 2023
First Online: 8 February 2023
Declarations
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: J.P.W.R. Roovers is an expert consultant for <i>Coloplast Nederland</i>, The Netherlands, and <i>Promedon</i>, Argentina. Other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
: The present study did not require permission from a medical ethics committee since it involved evaluation of previously collected anonymous data that was obtained for clinical purposes. For prior cross-sectional research with use of the same dataset of patients undergoing POP repair, approval by the local ethics committee was obtained. All patients consented in writing for the use of their data for research purposes.
: The study was approved by the institutional ethics committee. This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors.
: Informed consent was obtained from the participant.