Comparison of tension-free vaginal tape and transobturator tape procedure for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 342-347

  Long, Cheng Yu ^a,b   Hsu, Chun Shuo ^c   Wu, Ming Ping ^d   Liu, Cheng Min ^a   Wang, Tsu Nai ^e   Tsai, Eing Mei ^a,f  

^a University College of Medicine   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHI MEI FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e Department of Physical Therapy   (Taiwan)

^f KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Stress urinary incontinence; Tension free vaginal tape; Transobturator tape

Indexed keywords

BLADDER PERFORATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYSTOSCOPY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL FUNCTION; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SUBURETHRAL SLING; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY URGENCY; URINE RETENTION; URODYNAMICS; VAGINA ATROPHY;

FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 68949181547     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e32832e07bf     Document Type: Review

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