Management of urinary retention and obstruction following surgery for stress urinary incontinence

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 354-359

  Scarpero, Harriette M ^a   Nitti, Victor W ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clean Intermittent Catheterization; Female Stress Urinary Incontinence; Irritative Symptom; Pubovaginal Sling; Stress Urinary Incontinence

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URETHRA OBSTRUCTION; URINE RETENTION;

HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; URETHRAL OBSTRUCTION; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 0041873882     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-002-0076-6     Document Type: Article

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