Dynamic transurethral sonography and 3-dimensional reconstruction of the rhabdosphincter and urethra: Initial experience in continent and incontinent women

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 315-320

  Mitterberger, Michael ^a   Pinggera, Germar Michael ^a   Mueller, Tilko ^a   Frauscher, Ferdinand ^a   Pallwein, Leo ^a   Gradl, Johann ^a   Peschel, Reinhard ^a   Bartsch, Georg ^a   Strasser, Hannes ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

3 dimensional sonography; Incontinence; Rhabdosphincter; Transurethral sonography; Urethra

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

INCONTINENCE; RHABDOSPHINCTER; URETHRA;

ULTRASONICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MECHANICAL PROBE; RHABDOSPHINCTER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSURETHRAL ECHOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; URETHRA DISEASE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 33644554245     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2006.25.3.315     Document Type: Article

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