Effect of anatomic urethral length on the correlation between the Q-tip test and descent at point Aa of the POP-Q system

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 273-276

  Larrieux, J Robert ^a   Balgobin, Sunil ^b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

POP Q point Aa; Q tip test; Urethral length

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTVOID RESIDUAL URINE VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETHRA; URETHRA PRESSURE; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 38049170538     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-007-0429-2     Document Type: Article

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