The multifilament polypropylene tape erosion trouble: Tape structure vs surgical technique. Which one is the cause?

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 417-420

  Sivaslioglu, Ahmet Akin ^a,b   Unlubilgin, Eylem ^a   Dölen, Ismail ^a  

^a Etlik Maternity and Women's Health Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Erosion rate; Multifilament tape

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; URETHRA; VAGINA ATROPHY;

EID: 39049140662     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-007-0456-z     Document Type: Article

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