Is transobturator tape as effective as tension-free vaginal tape in patients with borderline maximum urethral closure pressure?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1799-1804

  Miller, Jay James R ^a   Botros, Sylvia M ^a   Akl, Mohamed N ^b   Aschkenazi, Sarit O ^a   Beaumont, Jennifer L ^a   Goldberg, Roger P ^a   Sand, Peter K ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Incontinence surgery; Maximum urethral closure pressure; Stress urinary incontinence; Tension free vaginal tape; Transobturator tape

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URODYNAMICS;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE; RISK; SURGICAL TAPE; URETHRA; URETHRAL DISEASES; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VAGINA;

EID: 33751217189     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.07.011     Document Type: Article

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