Long-term follow-up of the tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure for treating female stress urinary incontinence

Korean Journal of Urology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 729-733

  Kim, No Soo ^a   Bae, Jae Hyun ^a   Lee, Jeong Gu ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Female; Stress urinary incontinence; Surgical mesh

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIS SURGERY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 33750336732     PISSN: 04944747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4111/kju.2006.47.7.729     Document Type: Article

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