Double balloon positive pressure urethrography is a more sensitive test than voiding cystourethrography for diagnosing urethral diverticulum in women

Journal of Urology

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2066-2069

  Jacoby, Karny ^a,b   Rowbotham, Ronald K ^a  

^a NORTHWEST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Urology Northwest PS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diverticulum; Sensitivity and specificity; Urethra

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSURIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SYMPTOM; URETHRA DIVERTICULUM; URETHRA SURGERY; URETHROGRAPHY; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0032701970     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)68102-5     Document Type: Article

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