Tension-Free Vaginal Tape versus Transobturator Tape as Surgery for Stress Urinary Incontinence: Results of a Multicentre Randomised Trial

European Urology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1481-1491

  Porena, Massimo ^a   Costantini, Elisabetta ^a   Frea, Bruno ^b   Giannantoni, Antonella ^a   Ranzoni, Stefania ^c   Mearini, Luigi ^a   Bini, Vittorio ^a   Kocjancic, Ervin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Stress urinary incontinence; Tension free vaginal tape; Transobturator tape

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA SURGERY;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VAGINA;

EID: 34548816982     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2007.04.059     Document Type: Article

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