Diagnosis and reconstruction of the dorsal or circumferential urethral diverticulum

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 82-86

  Rovner, Eric S ^a   Wein, Alan J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anatomy; Diverticulum; Magnetic resonance imaging; Urethra

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTITIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; MIXED INCONTINENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; URETHRA DIVERTICULUM; URETHROPLASTY; VAGINA TUMOR;

EID: 0037665096     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000067291.70172.b5     Document Type: Article

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