Transobturator tape compared with tension-free vaginal tape for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence: A randomized controlled trial

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 611-621

  Barber, Matthew D ^a   Kleeman, Steven ^b   Karram, Mickey M ^b   Paraiso, Marie Fidela R ^b   Walters, Mark D ^b   Vasavada, Sandip ^b   Ellerkmann, Mark ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE; URODYNAMICS; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; SUBURETHRAL SLING; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 42449106966     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318162f22e     Document Type: Article

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