Female Urethral Diverticulum: 26-Year Followup of a Large Series

Journal of Urology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 219-224

  Ljungqvist, Lena ^b   Peeker, Ralph ^a   Fall, Magnus ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Ystad Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

diverticulum; pain; surgical flaps; urethra; urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; STANDARD; URETHRA DIVERTICULUM; URETHRA FISTULA; URETHRA STRICTURE; URETHRA SURGERY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIVERTICULUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; URETHRAL DISEASES; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33845313286     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2006.08.064     Document Type: Article

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