Quality of life and continence 1 year after the tension-free vaginal tape operation

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1784-1788

  Bjelic Radisic, Vesna ^a   Dorfer, Martha ^a   Greimel, Elfriede ^a   Frudinger, Andrea ^a   Tamussino, Karl ^a   Winter, Raimund ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Outcomes; Quality of life; Stress urinary incontinence; Tension free vaginal tape

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URODYNAMICS;

AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGICAL TAPE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33751242064     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.07.014     Document Type: Article

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