Effect of spinal anaesthesia on the lower urinary tract in continent women

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-106

  Haeusler, Guenther ^a   Sam, Christine ^a   Chiari, Astrid ^a   Tempfer, Clemens ^a   Hanzal, Engelbert ^a   Koelbl, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER NECK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; ULTRASOUND; URETHRA; URODYNAMICS;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0031973812     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb09359.x     Document Type: Article

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