How common are tape erosions? A comparison of two versions of the transobturator tension-free vaginal tape procedure

BJU International

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 594-598

  Abdel Fattah, Mohamed ^a,b   Sivanesan, Kanapathippillai ^a   Ramsay, Ian ^a   Pringle, Stewart ^a   Bjornsson, Stein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erosion; Mesh; Suburethral tapes; Urodynamic stress incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRANSOBTURATOR SUBURETHRAL TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE PROCEDURE; URODYNAMICS; VAGINA ATROPHY; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS; VAGINA;

EID: 33746910203     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06348.x     Document Type: Article

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