Rethinking Second-Line Therapy for Overactive Bladder to Improve Patient Access to Treatment Options

Christina M Escobar1, Kerac N Falk, Shailja Mehta

  • 1Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Departments of Urology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York University, New York, New York; the Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; the Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women & Infants Hospital of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; the Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York; the Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut; the Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois; the Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, MedStar Washington Hospital Center and Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC; the Center for Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio; the Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein School of Medicine, Bronx, New York; the Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois; the Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, California; the Division of Urogynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon; and the Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women's Health, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky.

Obstetrics and Gynecology
|February 5, 2021
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