Pelvic floor stimulation in the treatment of mixed incontinence complicated by a low-pressure urethra

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 757-760

  Sand, Peter K ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Evanston Continence Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA PRESSURE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0030296493     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(96)00271-2     Document Type: Article

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