Artsen AM

INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: Whether treatment setting impacts periurethral bulking efficacy is unknown. We hypothesized that periurethral bulking treatment failure rates would be greater for office versus operating room procedures. METHOD…

IMPORTANCE: Like polypropylene mesh complications, endometriosis is characterized by inflammation and pain. Chronic pelvic pain is overrepresented in patients with mesh complications. It is unknown whether endometriosis specifically is a ri…

IMPORTANCE: Forty percent of patients with urogynecologic mesh pain complications are taking narcotics. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to compare comorbidities and pain scores between patients with and without narcotic use and assess postoperative n…