Adjustable continence therapy for female urinary incontinence: A minimally invasive option for difficult cases

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-166

  Wachter, Johann ^a   Henning, Armin ^a   Roehlich, Michaela ^a   Marszalek, Martin ^a   Rauchenwald, Michael ^a   Madersbacher, Stephan ^a  

^a Donauspital ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Adjustable continence therapy; Minimally invasive therapy; Recurrent urinary incontinence; Urinary incontinence, women

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTABLE CONTINENCE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BALLOON FAILURE; BALLOON LEAKAGE; BALLOON MIGRATION; BLADDER PERFORATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE RETENTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 50849107824     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000144054     Document Type: Article

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