Tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) and intravaginal slingplasty (IVS) for stress urinary incontinence: A multicenter randomized trial

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 195, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1338-1342

  Meschia, Michele ^a   Pifarotti, Paola ^b   Bernasconi, Francesco ^c   Magatti, Fabio ^d   Viganò, Riccardo ^b   Bertozzi, Rosanna ^a   Barbacini, Pietro ^a  

^a Ospedale G Fornaroli   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Ospedale di Circolo   (Italy)

^d VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complications; Intravaginal slingplasty; Stress urinary incontinence; Tension free vaginal tape; Urethral hypermobility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVAGINAL SLINGPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; THERAPY EFFECT; URODYNAMICS; VAGINA ATROPHY; VAGINITIS;

AGED; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UROGENITAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33750307227     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.03.067     Document Type: Article

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