Urinary incontinence in women

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Key articles

Trowbridge ER, Hoover EF. Evaluation and treatment of urinary incontinence in women. Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2022 Mar;51(1):157-75. Abstract

Haylen BT, de Ridder D, Freeman RM, et al. An International Urogynecological Association (IUGA)/International Continence Society (ICS) joint report on the terminology for female pelvic floor dysfunction. Neurourol Urodyn. 2010;29(1):4-20.Full text  Abstract

Aoki Y, Brown HW, Brubaker L, et al. Urinary incontinence in women. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2017 Jul 6;3:17042. Abstract

Ford AA, Rogerson L, Cody JD, et al. Mid-urethral sling operations for stress urinary incontinence in women. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Jul 31;(7):CD006375.Full text  Abstract

Kobashi KC, Albo ME, Dmochowski RR, et al. Surgical treatment of female stress urinary incontinence: AUA/SUFU guideline.J Urol. 2017 Oct;198(4):875-83. Abstract

Kobashi KC, Albo ME, Dmochowski RR, et al. Surgical treatment of female stress urinary incontinence: AUA/SUFU guideline.J Urol. 2017 Oct;198(4):875-83. Abstract

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