Five-year results of a randomized trial comparing retropubic and transobturator midurethral slings for stress incontinence

European Urology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1109-1114

  Laurikainen, Eija ^a   Valpas, Antti ^b   Aukee, Pauliina ^c   Kivelä, Aarre ^d   Rinne, Kirsi ^e   Takala, Teuvo ^f   Nilsson, Carl Gustav ^g  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b SOUTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Central Finland Central Hospital   (Finland)

^d OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f PÄIJÄT HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Midurethral slings; Randomized multicenter trial; Retropubic and transobturator procedures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE SAFETY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TISSUE REACTION; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE; TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE EXTRUSION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; SUBURETHRAL SLING; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 84899549808     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2014.01.031     Document Type: Article

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