Quality of life in relation to TVT procedure for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 748-752

  Bakas, Panagiotis ^a,b   Liapis, Angelos ^a   Giner, Maria ^a   Creatsas, Georgios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Colporraphy; Incontinence; Quality of life; Stress incontinence; TVT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER IRRITATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY DISTRESS INVENTORY 6; URODYNAMICS;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VAGINA;

EID: 33745714415     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340600603759     Document Type: Article

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