Creating a gold standard surgical procedure: the development and implementation of TVT

International Urogynecology Journal and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 467-469

  Nilsson, Carl Gustaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUBURETHRAL SLING; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECURRENCE; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 84940001833     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: 14333023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-014-2616-2     Document Type: Editorial

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