Urethral pressure profile: Is it affected by position?

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 553-557

  Dörflinger, Annette ^a   Gorton, Emma ^b   Stanton, Stuart ^c   Dreher, Ekkehard ^a  

^a Universitats Frauenklinik   (Switzerland)

^b CHELTENHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional urethral length; Genuine stress incontinence; Maximum urethral closure pressure

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; BODY MASS; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SITTING; STANDING; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URETHRA PRESSURE; WEIGHT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; PRESSURE; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0036400829     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.10009     Document Type: Article

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