Perineal ultrasound evaluation of urethral angle and bladder neck mobility in women with stress urinary incontinence

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 821-827

  Pregazzi, Roberto ^a   Sartore, Andrea ^a   Bortoli, Paolo ^b   Grimaldi, Eva ^a   Troiano, Luigi ^a   Guaschino, Secondo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER EXAMINATION; BLADDER FILLING; BLADDER NECK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PELVIS FLOOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; STUDENT T TEST; URETHRA; URETHRA FUNCTION; URETHRAL ANGLE; VALSALVA MANEUVER; BLADDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROC CURVE; URODYNAMICS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; ROC CURVE; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0036631912     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2002.01163.x     Document Type: Article

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