Pathogenesis of urethral funneling in women with stress urinary incontinence assessed by introital ultrasound

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 287-292

  Tunn, R ^a   Goldammer, K ^a   Gauruder Burmester, A ^a   Wildt, B ^a   Beyersdorff, D ^b  

^a St Hedwig Hospital   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Introital ultrasound; MRI pathomorphology; Stress urinary incontinence; Urethral funneling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER FILLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARITY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; URETHRA DISEASE; URODYNAMICS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 27544440190     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1977     Document Type: Article

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