Complication Rates of Tension-Free Midurethral Slings in the Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Comparing Tension-Free Midurethral Tapes to Other Surgical Procedures and Different Devices

European Urology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 288-309

  Novara, Giacomo ^a,b   Galfano, Antonio ^a   Boscolo Berto, Rafael ^a   Secco, Silvia ^a   Cavalleri, Stefano ^a   Ficarra, Vincenzo ^a   Artibani, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Burch colposuspension; Pubovaginal sling; Stress urinary incontinence; Tension free vaginal tape; Transobturator tape

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR INTRAVAGINAL SLINGPLASTY; BLADDER EROSION; BLADDER PERFORATION; BURCH COLPOSUSPENSION; CERVICAL PROLAPSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLPOSUSPENSION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYSTOCELE; CYSTOURETROCELE; EMBASE; ENTEROCELE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MICTURITION; PELVIC HEMATOMA; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PERFORATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBOVAGINAL SLING; REOPERATION; REVIEW; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SUBURETHRAL SLING; SUPRAPUBIC ARC SLING; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TISSUE INJURY; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINAL EROSION; VAGINAL PERFORATION; VAGINAL VAULT PROLAPSE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 37349109268     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2007.10.073     Document Type: Review

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