The science behind biomaterials in female stress urinary incontinence surgery

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 23-31

  Amrute, Kaytan V ^a   Badlani, Gopal H ^b  

^a JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Allografts; Autologous grafts; Biomaterials; Stress urinary incontinence; Synthetic grafts; Xenografts

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; POLITEF; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

ALLOGRAFT; AUTOGRAFT; COLLAGEN METABOLISM; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EROSION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PUBOVAGINAL SLING; REVIEW; STRESS INCONTINENCE; WEIGHT; XENOGRAFT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 65549161403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2009.7     Document Type: Review

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