Retropubic versus Transobturator Midurethral Slings for Stress Incontinence

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 362, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 2066-2076

  Richter, Holly E ^a   Albo, Michael E ^b   Zyczynski, Halina M ^d   Kenton, Kimberly ^e   Norton, Peggy A ^f   Sirls, Larry T ^g   Kraus, Stephen R ^h   Chai, Toby C ⁱ   Lemack, Gary E ^j   Dandreo, Kimberly J ^k   Varner, R Edward ^a   Menefee, Shawn ^c   Ghetti, Chiara ^d   Brubaker, Linda ^e   Nygaard, Ingrid ^f   Khandwala, Salil ^l   Rozanski, Thomas A ^h   Johnson, Harry ⁱ   Schaffer, Joseph ^j   Stoddard, Anne M ^k   Holley, Robert L ^a   Nager, Charles W ^b   Moalli, Pamela ^d   Mueller, Elizabeth ^e   Arisco, Amy M ^h   Corton, Marlene ^j   Tennstedt, Sharon ^k   Chang, T Debuene ^m   Gormley, E Ann ⁿ   Litman, Heather J ^k   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^g WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^l OAKWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

ⁿ DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URGE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 77953173228     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa0912658     Document Type: Article

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