Diagnosis and treatment of pelvic organ prolapse complicated with stress urinary incontinence: A Chinese expert consensus

Acknowledgment

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest statement.

Author contributions

This consensus was jointly written by the Female Urology Group, Chinese Urological Association.

Data availability

The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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