Efficacy, safety and hospital costs of tension-free vaginal tape and pubovaginal sling in the surgical treatment of stress incontinence

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 539-544

  Kondo, Atsuo ^a   Isobe, Yasuaki ^a   Kimura, Kyousuke ^a   Kamihira, Osamu ^a   Matsuura, Osamu ^a   Gotoh, Momokazu ^b   Ozawa, Hideo ^c  

^a Komaki Shimin Hospital   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hospital costs; Pubovaginal sling; Quality of life; Stress urinary incontinence; Tension free vaginal tape

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URODYNAMICS;

AGED; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL MESH; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33750936223     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2006.00469.x     Document Type: Article

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