Follow-up imaging of the urinary tract in spinal injury patients: Is a KUB necessary with every ultrasound?

Spinal Cord

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 219-222

  Tins, B ^a   Teo, H G ^b   Popuri, R ^c   Cassar Pullicino, V ^a   Tyrrell, P ^a  

^a ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostic imaging; Radiography; Spinal cord injuries; Spinal injuries; Ultrasonography; Urologic diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UNITED KINGDOM; URETER; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UROGRAPHY; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 17444378997     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101691     Document Type: Article

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