Collagen injections for urinary stress incontinence in a small urban urology practice: Time to failure analysis of 99 cases

Journal of Urology

Volumn 162, Issue 3 I, 1999, Pages 779-783

  Tschopp, P J ^a   Wesley James, T ^a   Spekkens, A ^a   Lohfeld, L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Collagen; Cystoscopy; Retrospective studies; Survival analysis; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CYSTOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032852626     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005392-199909010-00043     Document Type: Article

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