Randomised prospective single-blinded study comparing 'inside-out' versus 'outside-in' transobturator tapes in the management of urodynamic stress incontinence: 1-year outcomes from the E-TOT study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 870-878

  Abdel Fattah, M ^a   Ramsay, I ^b   Pringle, S ^c   Hardwick, C ^c   Ali, H ^c   Young, D ^d   Mostafa, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS FORTH VALLEY   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ARIS ; Tension free vaginal tapes; Transobturator tape; TVT O ; Urodynamic stress incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOSCOPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URGE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 77952260232     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02544.x     Document Type: Article

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