Ultrasound assessment of mid-urethra tape at three-year follow-up after tension-free vaginal tape procedure

Urology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 671-675

  Lo, Tsia Shu ^a   Horng, Shang Gwo ^a   Liang, Ching Chung ^a   Lee, Shu Jane ^a   Soong, Yung Kuei ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; THICKNESS; TREATMENT FAILURE; URETHRA; URGE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGED; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPROPYLENES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS; VAGINA;

EID: 1842789740     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2003.10.070     Document Type: Article

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