Midurethral tissue fixation system sling - A 'micromethod' for cure of stress incontinence - Preliminary report

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 372-375

  Petros, Peter E P ^a,b,c   Richardson, Peter A ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Integral theory; Midurethral sling; Stress incontinence; Stress incontinence surgery; TFS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MICROSURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIC BONE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FIXATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; URETHRA SURGERY; URODYNAMICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 29244478900     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2005.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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