Surgery for stress urinary incontinence in Australia: Current trends from Medicare data

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 422-

  Lee, Joseph K ^a   Dwyer, Peter L ^a  

^a MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COLPOSUSPENSION; CYSTOMETRY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICARE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SUBURETHRAL SLING; URETHRA PRESSURE; UROFLOWMETRY; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77951912089     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03572.x     Document Type: Letter

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