Urodynamics, the supine empty bladder stress test, and incontinence severity

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1306-1311

  Nager, Charles W ^a   Kraus, Stephen R ^b   Kenton, Kim ^c   Sirls, Larry ^d   Chai, Toby C ^e   Wai, Clifford ^f   Sutkin, Gary ^g   Leng, Wendy ^h   Litman, Heather ⁱ   Huang, Liyuan ⁱ   Tennstedt, Sharon ⁱ   Richter, Holly E ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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Author keywords

Correlation; Empty bladder stress test; Maximum urethral closure pressure (MUCP); Severity; Stress urinary incontinence; Urodynamics; Valsalva leak point pressure (VLPP)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER EMPTYING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICTURITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUBURETHRAL SLING; URETHRA; URETHRA FUNCTION; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 77955983307     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20836     Document Type: Article

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