Has the true prevalence of voiding difficulty in urogynecology patients been underestimated?

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-56

  Haylen, Bernard T ^a   Krishnan, Surya ^a   Schulz, Serena ^a   Verity, Louise ^a   Law, Matthew ^b   Zhou, Jialun ^b   Sutherst, John ^c  

^a ST VINCENT'S CLINIC   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Urinary incontinence; Urodynamics; Uterine vaginal prolapse; Voiding difficulty

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MICTURITION DISORDER; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PARITY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL URINE; RISK FACTOR; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; URINE FLOW RATE; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGIC SURGERY; UTERUS PROLAPSE;

EID: 37849020538     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-006-0094-x     Document Type: Article

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