Synthetic sling options for stress urinary incontinence

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 374-380

  Bukkapatnam, Raviender ^b   Rodríguez, Larissa V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Polypropylene Mesh; Pubovaginal Sling; Sling Procedure; Stress Incontinence; Stress Urinary Incontinence

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; POLYPROPYLENE;

FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; REVIEW; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYPROPYLENES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 16644403275     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-004-0087-6     Document Type: Article

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