Open retropubic colposuspension for urinary incontinence in women

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Lapitan, Marie Carmela M ^a   Cody, June D ^b   Grant, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female; Gynecologic surgical procedures *methods ; Humans; Randomized controlled trials as topic; Suture techniques; Urinary incontinence *surgery ; Urinary incontinence, stress surgery ; Urologic surgical procedures *methods ; Vagina surgery

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; OXYBUTYNIN; COLLAGEN;

ANTERIOR COLPORRHAPHY; BURCH PROCEDURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLPOSUSPENSION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MARSHALL MARCHETTI KRANTZ PROCEDURE; META ANALYSIS; MIXED INCONTINENCE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE TRAINING; OPEN RETROPUBIC COLPOSUSPENSION; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SAFETY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SUBURETHRAL SLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND INFECTION; BLADDER PERFORATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENTEROCELE; FEMALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; RECTOCELE; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; URGE INCONTINENCE; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUTURING METHOD; URINE INCONTINENCE; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VAGINA; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VAGINA;

EID: 70049108548     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002912.pub3     Document Type: Review

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