Autologous and synthetic urethral slings for female incontinence

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 597-611

  Niknejad, Kathleen ^b   Plzak III, Louis S ^b   Staskin, David R ^a,b   Loughlin, Kevin R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; LYODURA; MARLEX; MERSILENE; POLITEF; POLYGLACTIN; POLYPROPYLENE; SILASTIC; SILICONE; THIOCTIC ACID;

AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; FASCIA LATA; FEMALE; GENDER; GRAFT PRESERVATION; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA SURGERY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE; VAGINA;

EID: 0036704144     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-0143(02)00074-5     Document Type: Review

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