Urinary bladder volumetry by means of a single retrosymphysically implantable ultrasound unit

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 680-684

  Seif, C ^a   Herberger, B ^b   Cherwon, E ^b   Martinez Portillo, F J ^a   Molitor, M ^c   Stieglitz, T ^c   Bohler G ^a   Zendler, S ^b   Junemann K P ^a   Braun, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neurogenic voiding dysfunctions; Ultrasound volumetry; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLADDER FILLING; BLADDER WALL; CALCULATION; FEMALE; IMPLANT; NONHUMAN; PERIOSTEUM; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; SWINE; ULTRASOUND; VOLUMETRY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LAPAROTOMY; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; TELEMETRY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 4744337559     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.10144     Document Type: Article

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