American urological association symptom index in the assessment of urethroplasty outcomes

Journal of Urology

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1192-1194

  Morey, Allen F ^a   McAninch, Jack W ^a,b   Duckett, C Pace ^a   Rogers, Rodman S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcome assessment (health care); Urethra; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHROPLASTY; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031897082     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)63552-3     Document Type: Article

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