Clinical and Ultrasonographic Comparison of Tension-Free Vaginal Tape and Transobturator Tape Procedure for the Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 425-430

  Long, Cheng Yu ^a,b   Hsu, Chun Shuo ^d   Liu, Cheng Min ^a   Lo, Tsia Shu ^e   Wang, Chiu Lin ^b   Tsai, Eing Mei ^a,c  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Stress urinary incontinence; Tension free vaginal tape; Transobturator tape; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPRESSION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE; TREATMENT INDICATION; URETHRA PRESSURE; URINALYSIS; URODYNAMICS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 46049110335     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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