A three-year follow up of tension free vaginal tape for surgical treatment of female stress urinary incontinence

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 345-350

  Ulmsten, Ulf ^a   Johnson, Per ^a   Rezapour, Masoumeh ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INCISION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MICTURITION; OPERATION DURATION; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL VOLUME; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSION; URETHRA; VAGINA;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VAGINA;

EID: 0033061055     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08272.x     Document Type: Article

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