Urethral diverticulum: A new complication associated with tension-free vaginal tape

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 480-482

  Athanasopoulos, A ^a,b   McGuire, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Mid suburethral tape; Tension free vaginal tape; Urethral diverticulum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBOVAGINAL SLING; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; URETHRA DIVERTICULUM; URETHRA SURGERY; URINE RETENTION;

DIVERTICULUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URETHRAL DISEASES; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 57649115604     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000167852     Document Type: Article

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