Tension free vaginal tape: Is the intra-operative cough test necessary?

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 328-330

  Low, Samantha J ^a   Smith, K M ^b   Holt, E M ^b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Cough test; Tension free vaginal tape

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICTURITION DISORDER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SUPINE POSITION; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 5744246763     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-004-1176-2     Document Type: Article

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