Radiologic diagnosis and surgical treatment of urethral diverticulum in women: A reappraisal of voiding cystourethrography and positive pressure urethrography

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 377-382

  Wang, Alex C ^a,b   Wang, Chao Ran ^a  

^a Graduate Institute of Medical Science   (Taiwan)

^b NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diverticulum; Positive pressure urethrography; Urethra; Urethral diverticulum; Voiding cystourethrography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETHRA DIVERTICULUM; URETHROGRAPHY; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

EID: 0343566435     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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