Effect of urethral compliance on the steady state p-Q relationships assessed with a mechanical analog of the male lower urinary tract

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 234-246

  Mijailovich, Srboljub M ^a   Sullivan, Maryrose P ^b,d   Yalla, Subbarao V ^b,d   Venegas, Jose G ^c,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Collapsible tubes; Compliance; Critical flow; Modeling and experiments; Prostate; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER COMPLIANCE; BLADDER NECK; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE; THEORETICAL MODEL; URETHRA; URETHRA COMPLIANCE; URODYNAMICS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPLIANCE; HUMANS; LATEX; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PRESSURE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; URETHRA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 34247152969     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20302     Document Type: Article

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