The impact of the mid-urethral slings for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence on female sexuality

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1534-1542

  Serati, Maurizio ^a   Salvatore, Stefano ^a   Uccella, Stefano ^a   Zanirato, Mara ^a   Cattoni, Elena ^a   Nappi, Rossella E ^b   Bolis, Pierfrancesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Sex; Sling; Transobturator; TVT; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ANORGASMIA; COITAL INCONTINENCE; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIBIDO; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SUBURETHRAL SLING; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE;

EID: 66649107516     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01283.x     Document Type: Review

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