Female urethral diverticula

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 248-254

  Patel, Anand K ^a   Chapple, Christopher R ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diverticulectomy; Lower urinary tract symptoms; Martius flap; Urethral diverticula; Urethrovaginal fistula

Indexed keywords

BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FISTULA; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; URETHRA DIVERTICULUM; URETHROGRAPHY; URETHROSCOPY; URETHROVAGINA FISTULA; URINE RETENTION; URODYNAMICS;

DIVERTICULUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; URETHRAL DISEASES; UROGENITAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VAGINA;

EID: 33745195683     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mou.0000232045.80180.2f     Document Type: Review

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