The male sling for post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence: A review of contemporary sling designs and outcomes

BJU International

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 328-344

  Welk, Blayne K ^a   Herschorn, Sender ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

male slings; post prostatectomy incontinence; urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADJUSTABLE RETROPUBLIC SLING; BONE ANCHORED SLING; DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; MALE SLING; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROURETHRAL TRANSOBTURATOR SLING; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URETHRA DISEASE; URETHRAL EROSION; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE RETENTION; WOUND INFECTION;

HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 84855915353     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.10502.x     Document Type: Review

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