Ultrasound Assessment of Detrusor Thickness in Men-Can it Predict Bladder Outlet Obstruction and Replace Pressure Flow Study?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2170-2173

  Kessler, Thomas M ^a   Gerber, Rolf ^a   Burkhard, Fiona C ^a   Studer, Urs E ^a   Danuser, Hansjörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

diagnosis; sensitivity and specificity; ultrasonography; urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYSTOMETRY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOMOGRAM; PREDICTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 33646377149     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(06)00316-8     Document Type: Article

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