Does the tension-free vaginal tape stay where you put it?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 950-953

  Dietz, Hans Peter ^a,d   Mouritsen, Lone ^b   Ellis, Gaye ^c   Wilson, Peter Donald ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d FRANZCOG   (Australia)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Stress incontinence; Surgery; Tension free vaginal tape; Translabial uhrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARAMETER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; URODYNAMICS; VALSALVA MANEUVER; BLADDER; ECHOGRAPHY; FOREIGN BODY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TIME; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VAGINA;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TIME FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VAGINA; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0038405310     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2003.268     Document Type: Article

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