The effects of the tension-free vaginal tape on voiding function: A prospective evaluation

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-38

  Lukacz, Emily S ^a   Luber, Karl M ^a,b   Nager, Charles W ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Southern California Permanente Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

TVT sling; Urodynamics; Voiding function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLADDER PRESSURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MICTURITION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDUAL URINE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE RETENTION; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

EID: 1342326618     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-003-1098-4     Document Type: Article

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