Predictive value of maximum urethral closure pressure, urethral hypermobility and urethral incompetence in the diagnosis of clinically significant female genuine stress incontinence

Journal of Urology

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1871-1875

  Schick, Erik ^a   Dupont, Charles ^a   Bertrand, Pierre E ^a   Jolivet Tremblay, Martine ^a   Tessier, Jocelyne ^a  

^a MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Urethra; Urinary incontinence stress; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URETHRA; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 16544365917     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000120224.67012.39     Document Type: Article

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