Why do women have stress urinary incontinence?

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Delancey, John O L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

female; pelvic floor disorders; stress urinary incontinence; urethra; urethral closure pressure; urethral support

Indexed keywords

BLADDER PRESSURE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; REVIEW; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URETHRA PRESSURE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; BLADDER; FEMALE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS FLOOR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; URETHRA; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGIC SURGERY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIC FLOOR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77955941969     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20888     Document Type: Review

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