Can urethral mobility be assessed using the pelvic organ prolapse quantification system? An analysis of the correlation between point Aa and Q-tip angle in varying stages of prolapse

Urology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1005-1008

  Mattison, Meredith E ^a   Simsiman, Amanda J ^b   Menefee, Shawn A ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE QUANTIFICATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URETHRA; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, UROLOGICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROLAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URETHRA; URETHRAL DISEASES; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 33750973901     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2006.05.030     Document Type: Article

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