Changing trends in surgery for stress urinary incontinence

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 404-409

  Geller, Elizabeth J ^a   Wu, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

slings; stress urinary incontinence; surgery; surgery rates; trends

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANTERIOR INTRAVAGINAL SLINGPLASTY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; COLPOSUSPENSION; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; EROSION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE; TREATMENT FAILURE; URINE RETENTION;

ADULT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 84884905247     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: 1473656X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e3283648cdd     Document Type: Review

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