Does patient weight influence the outcome of the tension-free vaginal tape procedure? A long-term follow-up study

Gynecological Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 195-198

  Tsivian, Alexander ^a,b   Neuman, Menahem ^c,d   Kessler, Oded ^a,b   Mogutin, Baruch ^a,b   Korczak, Doron ^a,b   Levin, Samuel ^a,b   Sidi, A Ami ^a,b  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Obesity; TVT; Urinary stress incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EROSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OBESITY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRESS; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA INJURY; URETHRA STENOSIS; URODYNAMICS; VAGINA ATROPHY; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

EID: 33748776011     PISSN: 16132076     EISSN: 16132084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10397-006-0205-1     Document Type: Article

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