Transobturator tape compared with tension-free vaginal tape for stress incontinence: A randomized controlled trial

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1287-1294

  Ross, Sue ^a   Robert, Magali ^a   Swaby, Cheryl ^a   Dederer, Lorel ^a   Lier, Doug ^a   Tang, Selphee ^a   Brasher, Penny ^a   Birch, Colin ^a   Cenaiko, Dave ^a   Mainprize, Tom ^a   Murphy, Magnus ^a   Carlson, Kevin ^a   Baverstock, Richard ^a   Jacobs, Philip ^a   Williamson, Tyler ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER PERFORATION; BLEEDING; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INGUINAL PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL MESH EXTRUSION; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; SUBURETHRAL SLING; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 73349141748     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181c2a151     Document Type: Article

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