Use of collagen for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence: An update

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 208-213

  Tchetgen, Marie Blanche ^a   Appell, Rodney A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Detrusor Instability; Intrinsic Sphincter Deficiency; Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy; Stress Incontinence; Stress Urinary Incontinence

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN GEL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GAX-COLLAGEN;

FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA;

COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTATECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 0034308615     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-000-0021-5     Document Type: Article

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