Transobturator approch to suburethral sling placement in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 613-622

  Shindel, Alan W ^a   Ruiz, Alana C ^a   Klutke, Carl G ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Female urology; Monarc ; ObTape ; Polypropylene; Stress incontinence; TOT ; Transobturator; TVT ; Uratape ; Urethral sling

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; POLYPROPYLENE; BIOMATERIAL;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMECHANICS; BLADDER INJURY; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLADDER PERFORATION; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CADAVER DONOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLPOSUSPENSION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE INJURY; META ANALYSIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SAFETY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROCAR; URINARY TRACT SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; URETHRA; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 26844569492     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.2.5.613     Document Type: Review

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