Stress urinary incontinence: The evolution of the sling

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 507-523

  Williams, Elizabeth R ^a   Klutke, Carl G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Outcome; Pubovaginal sling; Technique; Tension free vaginal tape; Transoburator tape

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ALLOGRAFT; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BLADDER INJURY; BLADDER PERFORATION; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PUBOVAGINAL SLING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SUBURETHRAL SLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE; TREATMENT INDICATION; URETHRA OBSTRUCTION; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINE RETENTION; VAGINA ATROPHY; WOUND INFECTION; XENOGRAFT; INSTRUMENTATION; PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 58149121015     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.5.4.507     Document Type: Review

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