Sexual function improvement following surgery for stress incontinence: The relevance of coital incontinence

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3208-3213

  Bekker, Milou ^a   Beck, Jacky ^b   Putter, Hein ^a   Venema, Pieter ^b   à Nijeholt, August Lycklama ^a   Pelger, Rob ^a   Elzevier, Henk ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coital incontinence; Sexual function; Stress urinary incontinence; Tension free vaginal tape (TVT); Tension free vaginal tape obturator (TVT O); Transobturator suburethral tape (TOT)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 70649103250     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01395.x     Document Type: Article

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