Can urethral retroresistance pressures predict midurethral sling outcomes?

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 55, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 103-107

  Culligan, Patrick J ^a   Lewis Priestley, Jennifer ^a   Blackwell, Linda ^a   Tate, Susan B ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Urethral retroresistance pressure; Urinary stress incontinence; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANDVIK URINARY INCONTINENCE SEVERITY SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBURETHRAL SLING; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; URETHRA PRESSURE; URINARY INCONTINENCE SYMPTOM SURVEY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 77953442019     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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