Clinical Outcome of Tension-Free Vaginal Tape Procedure for Stress Urinary Incontinence Without Preoperative Urethral Hypermobility

Journal of Pelvic Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 75-81

  Mutone, Nina ^a,b   Brizendine, Edward ^a   Hale, Douglass ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Indiana Univ School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Stress incontinence; Tension free vaginal tape; Urethral hypermobility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; SEDATION; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0344872778     PISSN: 15425983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SPV.0000066815.70846.f2     Document Type: Article

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