Can a faked cystometry deceive patients in their perception of filling sensations? A study on the reliability of spontaneously reported cystometric filling sensations in patients with non-neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 395-398

  De Wachter, Stefan ^a,b   Van Meel, Tom David ^a   Wyndaele, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bladder sensation; Cystometry; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER FILLING; CYSTOMETRY; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MICTURITION; PERCEPTION; RELIABILITY; SENSORY EVALUATION; URODYNAMICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SENSATION; URINARY BLADDER; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 47249133383     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20523     Document Type: Article

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