Are older women more likely to receive surgical treatment for stress urinary incontinence since the introduction of the mid-urethral sling? An examination of Hospital Episode Statistics data

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1386-1392

  Gibson, W ^a   Wagg, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ageing; colposuspension; Hospital Episode Statistics; incontinence; mid urethral sling; old age; stress urinary incontinence; urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

BULKING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URETHRAL BULKING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SUBURETHRAL SLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84983349480     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13338     Document Type: Article

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