Comparison of transobturator vaginal tape and retropubic tension-free vaginal tape: Clinical outcome and sonographic results of a case-control study

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-144

  Reich, Andreas ^a   Wiesner, Kathrin ^a   Kohorst, Frauke ^a   Kreienberg, Rolf ^a   Flock, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Retropubic tape; Retropubic tension free vaginal tape; Tension free vaginal tape; Transobturator tape; Transobturator vaginal tape; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER PERFORATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE RETENTION; VAGINA ATROPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, URGE; VAGINA;

EID: 67651002931     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000229502     Document Type: Article

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