Surgical correction of stress incontinence in morbidly obese women

Journal of Urology

Volumn 160, Issue 3 I, 1998, Pages 754-755

  Cummings, James M ^a   Boullier, John A ^a   Parra, Raul O ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Morbid; Obesity; Stress; Surgery; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MORBID OBESITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; URODYNAMICS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032323681     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)62777-0     Document Type: Article

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