The male sling for post-radical prostatectomy urinary incontinence: urethral compression versus urethral relocation or what is next?

British Journal of Medical and Surgical Urology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 134-143

  Zeif, Hans Joerg ^a   Almallah, Zaki ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial urethral sphincter; Male sling; Stress urinary incontinence; Transurethral bulking agents

Indexed keywords

ADVANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLADDER COMPLIANCE; BLADDER PERFORATION; BLADDER SPHINCTER PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEVICE INFECTION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MESH SLING; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MYOSITIS; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; OSTEITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDUAL URINE; REVIEW; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SUTURE ANCHOR; TENSION; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; URETHRA DISEASE;

EID: 77952544330     PISSN: 18759742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjmsu.2010.01.006     Document Type: Review

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