Introital and transvaginal ultrasound as the main tool in the assessment of urogenital and pelvic floor dysfunction: An imaging panel and practical approach

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 205-213

  Tunn, R ^a,b   Petri, E ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Disturbed bladder voiding; Genitourinary prolapse; Recurrent urinary tract infections; Urge and stress urinary incontinence; Urgency; Urogenital sonography

Indexed keywords

CYSTOCELE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTROITAL ECHOGRAPHY; MICTURITION DISORDER; MORPHOLOGY; PELVIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TRANSDUCER; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; URETHRA; URETHRA DISEASE; URETHRA DIVERTICULUM; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIC FLOOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINATION DISORDERS; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 0041589315     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.189     Document Type: Review

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