Ultrasonography as a screening tool for paravaginal defects in women with stress incontinence: A pilot study

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 195-199

  Ostrzenski, A ^a   Osborne, N G ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Operative laparoscopy; Paravaginal defects; Pelvic floor relaxation; Pelvic ultrasound; Stress urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICTURITION; NULLIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIC BONE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URETHROSCOPY; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS; VAGINA DISEASE;

EID: 0031681171     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01901603     Document Type: Article

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