Urethral hypermobility after anti-incontinence surgery - A prognostic indicator?

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 586-592

  Viereck, Volker ^a,e   Pauer, Hans Ulrich ^a   Hesse, Oda ^a   Bader, Werner ^b   Tunn, Ralf ^c   Lange, Rainer ^d   Hilgers, Reinhard ^a   Emons, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c St Hedwig Hospital   (Germany)

^d Office and German Red Cross Hospital   (Germany)

^e Kantonsspital Frauenfeld   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bladder neck; Colposuspension; Hypermobility; Introital ultrasound; Stress urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; COLPOSUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URETHRA HYPERMOBILITY; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY URGENCY; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 33747607126     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-006-0071-4     Document Type: Article

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