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The female sphincter mechanisms and their relation to incontinence surgery

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Practical Aspects of Urinary Incontinence

Part of the book series: Developments in Surgery ((DISU,volume 7))

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The introduction of objective functional studies has led to a fundamental review of the factors involved in the development of female urinary incontinence and a basic re-evaluation of the various operative procedures that have been developed for its resolution.

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Turner-Warwick, R. (1986). The female sphincter mechanisms and their relation to incontinence surgery. In: Debruyne, F.M.J., van Kerrebroeck, P.E.V.A. (eds) Practical Aspects of Urinary Incontinence. Developments in Surgery, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4237-0_7

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