The tension-free vaginal tape procedure: Correction of stress incontinence with minimal alteration in proximal urethral mobility

Urology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 512-514

  Klutke, John J ^a   Carlin, Bruce I ^b   Klutke, Carl G ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; VAGINA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYPROPYLENES; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034114432     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(99)00551-8     Document Type: Article

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