Traditional suburethral sling operations for urinary incontinence in women

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1-134

  Rehman, Haroon ^a   Bezerra, Carlos A ^b   Bruschini, Homero ^c   Cody, June D ^d   Aluko, Patricia ^d  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYBUTYNIN; POLITEF;

ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; BIOFEEDBACK; BLADDER BLEEDING; BLADDER PERFORATION; BLADDER SURGERY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLPOSUSPENSION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STRESS INCONTINENCE; SUBURETHRAL SLING PROCEDURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRADITIONAL SUBURETHRAL SLING OPERATION; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; URINARY URGENCY; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS SYSTEM; ADULT; ADVERSE DEVICE EFFECT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; SUBURETHRAL SLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 84946759782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001754.pub4     Document Type: Article

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