Tension-free transobturator tape procedure for stress urinary incontinence

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 567-574

  Ho, Mat H ^a   Lin, Lawrence L ^a   Haessler, Alexandra L ^a   Bhatia, Narender N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Stress urinary incontinence; Surgical treatment for stress urinary incontinence; Tension free suburethral sling; Tension free transobturator tape; Tension free vaginal tape; Transobturator tape

Indexed keywords

BLADDER PERFORATION; CADAVER; CLINICAL STUDY; CYSTOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SKIN INCISION; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSION FREE TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE PROCEDURE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33748259250     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gco.0000242962.48114.6b     Document Type: Review

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