Managing complications of slings

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 291-296

  Gilchrist, Alienor S ^a   Rovner, Eric S ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

complications; midurethral slings; sling; stress incontinence

Indexed keywords

BLADDER INJURY; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLEEDING; DYSPAREUNIA; GROIN PAIN; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; MERALGIA; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERINEUM PAIN; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SUBURETHRAL SLING; SURGICAL INFECTION; URETER INJURY; URETHRA INJURY; URINARY TRACT EROSION; URINE RETENTION; VAGINA EXTRUSION;

HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 79959282326     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: 14736586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e3283476eb5     Document Type: Review

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