The vicissitudes of open and laparoscopic retropubic urethropexy for stress urinary incontinence in Taiwan: An 11-year nationwide analysis

• Main Authors: Pei-Yang Hsu (Author), Cheng-Yu Long (Author), Yu-Tung Huang (Author), Kuan-Hui Huang (Author), Chao-Hsiun Tang (Author), Ming-Ping Wu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To characterize the changing trend and variables of either open or laparoscopic retropubic urethropexy (RPU) in treating female stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in Taiwan. Materials and methods: Using the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD), a total of 8977 female patient...