What are the supportive structures of the female urethra?

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 128-134

  Fritsch, Helga ^a   Pinggera, Germar Michael ^b   Lienemann, Andreas ^c   Mitterberger, Michael ^b   Bartsch, Georg ^b   Strasser, Hannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Female urethra; Incontinence; Levatorani muscle; Pelvic connective tissue; Pelvic floor muscles; Rhabdosphincter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TISSUE STRUCTURE; URETHRA; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; URETHRA;

EID: 33644928488     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20133     Document Type: Article

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