Efficacy of a vaginal sling procedure in a rat model of stress urinary incontinence

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 2065-2068

  Hijaz, Adonis ^a   Daneshgari, Firouz ^a   Cannon, Tracy ^b   Damaser, Margot ^c,d  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Hines Veterans Hospital ^*

^c HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; Rat, Sprague Dawley; Urinary incontinence, stress; Vagina

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE; URETHAN; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; BLADDER PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LEAK POINT PRESSURE; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; RAT; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VAGINA MUCOSA; VAGINA SLING; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

EID: 5444258721     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000138476.42556.b8     Document Type: Article

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