Perineal ultrasound evaluation of urethral mobility after the TVT-O procedure

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-134

  Di Pietto, L ^a   Scaffa, C ^a   Lambiase, A ^a   Torella, M ^a   Sciorio, C ^a   Dato, E ^a   Nocerino, A ^a   Di Petrilio, M L ^a   Fusco, R ^a   Rotondi, M ^a   Messalli, E M ^a   Colacurci, N ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PERINEUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE; ULTRASOUND; URETHRA;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERINEUM; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 77954011724     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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