The effect of age on outcomes of sling surgery for urinary incontinence

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1927-1931

  Anger, Jennifer T ^a,c   Litwin, Mark S ^a   Wang, Qin ^b   Pashos, Chris L ^b   Rodríguez, Larissa V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Elderly; Female urology; Geriatrics; Outcomes pubovaginal sling; Stress incontinence; Urogynecology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SLING SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 36849022701     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01470.x     Document Type: Article

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