Five year follow-up comparing tension-free vaginal tape and colposuspension

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 146-149

  McCracken, Geoff R ^a   Henderson, Nicola A ^b   Ashe, Robin G ^c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ALTNAGELVIN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ANTRIM AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLPOSUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICTURITION DISORDER; MIXED INCONTINENCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; UNITED KINGDOM; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS; UROGENITAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34547984638     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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