Intrinsic sphincter deficiency: Do the maximum urethral closure pressure and the Valsalva leak-point pressure identify different pathogenic mechanisms?

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 30-35

  Pajoncini, C ^a   Costantini, E ^a   Guercini, F ^a   Porena, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intrinsic sphincter deficiency; Maximum urethral closure pressure; Stress urinary incontenence; Urodynamics; Valsalva leak point pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; HYSTERECTOMY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URETHRA FUNCTION; URETHRA PRESSURE; UROLOGY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0036222710     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001920200006     Document Type: Article

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