Anchoring the midurethra restores bladder-neck anatomy and continence

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9183, 1999, Pages 997-998

  Petros, Peter Papa ^a   Von Konsky, Brian ^b  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URETHRA; VAGINA;

EID: 0033581431     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)03069-X     Document Type: Article

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