A midurethral sling to reduce incontinence after vaginal prolapse repair

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 2358-2367

  Wei, John T ^a   Nygaard, Ingrid ^b   Richter, Holly E ^c   Nager, Charles W ^d   Barber, Matthew D ^e   Kenton, Kim ^f   Amundsen, Cindy L ^g   Schaffer, Joseph ^h   Meikle, Susan F ⁱ   Spino, Cathie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BLADDER PERFORATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; IMPAIRED BLADDER EMPTYING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLAPSE REDUCTION STRESS TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SUBURETHRAL SLING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 84862511733     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1111967     Document Type: Article

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