Is the cough-stress test necessary when placing the tension-free vaginal tape?

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 319-324

  Murphy, Miles ^a,b   Culligan, Patrick J ^a   Arce, Cristina M ^a   Graham, Carol A ^a   Blackwell, Linda ^a   Heit, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTINENCE; COUGH STRESS TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; COUGH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; UROLOGY;

EID: 13644257651     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000152305.37853.7e     Document Type: Article

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