Ultrasound Assessment of Intravesical Prostatic Protrusion and Detrusor Wall Thickness-New Standards for Noninvasive Bladder Outlet Obstruction Diagnosis?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 183, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2270-2274

  Franco, Giorgio ^a   De Nunzio, Cosimo ^a   Leonardo, Costantino ^a   Tubaro, Andrea ^a   Ciccariello, Mauro ^a   De Dominicis, Carlo ^a   Miano, Lucio ^a   Laurenti, Cesare ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

diagnostic imaging; prostate; prostatic hyperplasia; ultrasonography; urinary bladder neck obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BLADDER OUTLET OBSTRUCTION INDEX; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETHRA PRESSURE; URINE FLOW RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 77951880433     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.02.019     Document Type: Article

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