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A randomised controlled trial of abdominal versus laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy for the treatment of post-hysterectomy vaginal vault prolapse: LAS study. Reply to comment

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  1. Urogynaecology Unit, Directorate of Women’s Health, Derriford Hospital, Derriford Road, Crownhill, Plymouth, PL6 8DH, UK

    R. M. Freeman, K. Pantazis, L. Bombieri & M. Waterfield

  2. Minimal Access Surgery Group, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Plymouth, UK

    J. Frappell & P. Scott

  3. Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Worcester, UK

    A. Thomson & P. Moran

  4. Teaching Hospital Trust, Addenbrooke’s Hospital University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    M. Slack

  5. Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth, UK

    R. M. Freeman & M. Waterfield

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Freeman, R.M., Pantazis, K., Thomson, A. et al. A randomised controlled trial of abdominal versus laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy for the treatment of post-hysterectomy vaginal vault prolapse: LAS study. Reply to comment. Int Urogynecol J 25, 437–438 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-013-2305-6

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