Tension-free vaginal tape and autologous rectus fascia pubovaginal sling for the treatment of urinary stress incontinence: A medium-term follow-up

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 209-214

  Sharifiaghdas, Farzaneh ^a,b   Mortazavi, Nassrin ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Pubovaginal sling; Tension free vaginal tape; Urinary stress incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICTURITION; MICTURITION DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PUBOVAGINAL SLING; RESIDUAL URINE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINE RETENTION;

ADULT; AGED; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 42149168484     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000117794     Document Type: Article

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