The Volume at Which Women Leak First on Urodynamic Testing is Not Associated With Quality of Life, Measures of Urethral Integrity or Surgical Failure

Journal of Urology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 193-196

  Lowenstein, Lior ^a   Dooley, Yashika ^a   Kenton, Kimberly ^a   Rickey, Leslie ^a   FitzGerald, Mary Pat ^a   Mueller, Elizabeth ^a   Brubaker, Linda ^a  

^a Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

quality of life; stress; suburethral slings; urinary incontinence; urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER SPHINCTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL PATIENT; URODYNAMICS; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 34250201876     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.03.031     Document Type: Article

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