Weighted vaginal cones for urinary incontinence

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Herbison, G Peter ^a   Dean, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b YORK TEACHING HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; URODYNAMICS; WEIGHTED VAGINAL CONE; META ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PELVIS FLOOR; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; VAGINA PESSARY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PELVIC FLOOR; PESSARIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 84925026169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002114.pub2     Document Type: Review

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