Mid-urethral sling operations for stress urinary incontinence in women

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Volumn 2015, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Ford, Abigail A ^a   Rogerson, Lynne ^b   Cody, June D ^c   Ogah, Joseph ^d  

^a BRADFORD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF MORECAMBE BAY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BLADDER PERFORATION; BLADDER SPHINCTER PROSTHESIS EROSION; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; HUMAN; INGUINAL PAIN; MICTURITION DISORDER; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINARY URGENCY; URINE INCONTINENCE; ADULT; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SUBURETHRAL SLING; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URINARY INCONTINENCE, URGE; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SUBURETHRAL SLINGS; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URINARY INCONTINENCE, URGE; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84955484859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006375.pub3     Document Type: Review

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