Urology
Volume 75, Issue 5 , Pages 1060-1064 , May 2010

Better Short-term Outcomes With the U-Method Compared With the Hammock Technique for the Implantation of the TVT-SECUR Under Local Anesthesia

  • Louis-Olivier Gagnon

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Louis-Olivier Gagnon, M.D., Centre Hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS), Université de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12e Avenue Nord, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1H 5N4, Canada
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  • Le Mai Tu

Received 8 September 2009 ,Accepted 21 November 2009.

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 The study was supported by educational grant from Ethicon women's Health.

PII: S0090-4295(10)00004-X

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.11.071

Urology
Volume 75, Issue 5 , Pages 1060-1064 , May 2010

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