Incomplete bladder emptying after the tension-free vaginal tape procedure, necessitating release of the mesh: A report of three cases

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 387-390

  LaSala, Christine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Tension free vaginal tape; Urinary incontinence, stress; Urinary retention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER EMPTYING; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSION; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE RETENTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URINARY RETENTION; UROGENITAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VAGINA;

EID: 0038581246     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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