Tensile properties of five commonly used mid-urethral slings relative to the TVT™

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 655-663

  Moalli, Pamela A ^a   Papas, Noah ^b   Menefee, Shawn ^c   Albo, Mike ^c   Meyn, Leslie ^a   Abramowitch, Steven D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclical loading; Mid urethral slings; Permanent elongation; Polypropylene mesh; Stress urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MID URETHRAL SLING; PLOTS AND CURVES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SUTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE;

EID: 42049092787     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-007-0499-1     Document Type: Article

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