Is Proximal Urethral Mobility Important for Transobturator Tape Procedure in Management of Female Patients with Stress Urinary Incontinence?

Urology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 246-250

  Paick, Jae Seung ^a   Cho, Min Cheol ^a   Oh, Seung June ^a   Kim, Soo Woong ^a   Ku, Ja Hyeon ^b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul Veterans Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE PROCEDURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA FUNCTION; URETHRAL MOBILITY; URINARY TRACT SURGERY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34548391926     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.03.081     Document Type: Article

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