Transobturator tapes for stress urinary incontinence: Results of the Austrian registry

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 197, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 634.e1-634.e5

  Tamussino, Karl ^a   Hanzal, Engelbert ^b   Kölle, Dieter ^c   Tammaa, Ayman ^d   Preyer, Oliver ^b   Umek, Wolfgang ^b   Bjelic Radisic, Vesna ^a   Enzelsberger, Hermann ^e   Lang, Peter F J ^f   Ralph, George ^e   Riss, Paul ^e  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^e Landeskrankenhaus Steyr ^*  (Austria)

^f KRANKENHAUS DER BARMHERZIGEN BRÜDER   (Austria)

Author keywords

complications; stress urinary incontinence; surgical treatment; tension free vaginal tapes; transobturator tapes

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BLADDER PERFORATION; BLEEDING; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICTURITION DISORDER; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; REOPERATION; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE; URETHRA DISEASE; URETHRA PERFORATION; VAGINA ATROPHY; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINA INJURY;

EID: 36549032961     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.08.018     Document Type: Article

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