Significance of pad test loss for the evaluation of women with urinary incontinence

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-43

  Paick, Jae Seung ^a,b   Ja, Hyeon Ku ^a   Jae, Wook Shin ^a   Park, Kwanjin ^a   Son, Hwancheol ^a   Oh, Seung June ^a   Soo, Woong Kim ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Pad weighing test; Urethra; Urinary incontinence; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SEX ROLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; TREATMENT FAILURE; URETHRA; URINE INCONTINENCE;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, UROLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCONTINENCE PADS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 11144239347     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20078     Document Type: Article

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