Adjustable Continence Therapy (ProACT™): Evolution of the Surgical Technique and Comparison of the Original 50 Patients with the Most Recent 50 Patients at a Single Centre

European Urology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 680-686

  Hübner, Wilhelm A ^a   Schlarp, Oliver M ^a  

^a Humanis Clinic   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adjustability; Evolutionary technique; Prostatectomy; Stress urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; BLADDER PERFORATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URETHRA INJURY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 34547162479     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.10.054     Document Type: Article

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