Prospective study comparing the suprapubic arc (Sparc) procedure and the transobturator (Monarc) procedure for treating female stress urinary incontinence

LUTS: Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-42

  Shin, Ju Hyun ^a   Lim, Jae Sung ^a   Song, Ki Hak ^a   Sul, Chong Koo ^a   Na, Yong Gil ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Monarc; Sparc; Treatment outcome; Urinary stress incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; BLADDER PERFORATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMB PAIN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICTURITION DISORDER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPEN STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SUPRAPUBIC ARC SLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY URGENCY; URINE RETENTION; VAGINA ATROPHY; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINA WALL PERFORATION;

EID: 79953729366     PISSN: 17575664     EISSN: 17575672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-5672.2010.00061.x     Document Type: Article

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