Bladder wall tension during physiological voiding and in patients with an unstable detrusor or bladder outlet obstruction

BJU International

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 584-588

  Bross, S ^a   Braun, P M ^b   Michel, M S ^a   Juenemann, K P ^b   Alken, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bladder; Contraction; Micturition; Physiology; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER EMPTYING; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLADDER OBSTRUCTION; BLADDER PRESSURE; BLADDER WALL; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MICTURITION; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FORCE; NOMOGRAM; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; URODYNAMICS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; URINATION; URINATION DISORDERS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0142124020     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2003.04420.x     Document Type: Article

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