Relationship of Urethral Retro-Resistance Pressure to Urodynamic Measurements and Incontinence Severity

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-114

  Slack, Mark ^a,d   Culligan, P ^b   Tracey, M ^c   Hunsicker, K ^c   Patel, B ^c   Sumeray, M ^c  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c ETHICON INC   (United States)

^d ETHICON Inc ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GYNECARE MoniTorr; Intrinsic sphincter deficiency; Leak point pressure; Low pressure urethra; Maximum urethral closing pressure; Stress urinary incontinence; Urethral pressure profile; Urethral retro resistance pressure; Urinary incontinence severity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SYMPTOM; URETHRA PRESSURE; URETHRAL RETRORESISTANCE PRESSURE; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS; UROFLOWMETRY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 1542333611     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20010     Document Type: Article

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