Beyond collagen: Injectable therapies for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence in the new millennium

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 559-574

  Kershen, Richard T ^a   Dmochowski, Roger R ^b   Appell, Rodney A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN GEL; DEXTRANOMER; ELASTIN; ELASTOMER; ETHYLENE VINYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMER; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROXYAPATITE; POLITEF; POLYMER; SILICONE; ZIRCONIUM DERIVATIVE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARTILAGE CELL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INJECTION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 0036704265     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-0143(02)00066-6     Document Type: Review

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