Transvaginal ultrasound measurement of bladder wall thickness: A more reliable approach than transperineal and transabdominal approaches

BJU International

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1519-1522

  Panayi, Demetri C ^a   Khullar, Vikram ^a   Fernando, Ruwan ^a   Tekkis, Paris ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bladder wall thickness; interobserver; intraobserver; transabdominal; transperineal; transvaginal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BLADDER WALL; BLADDER WALL THICKNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSABDOMINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TRANSPERINEAL ECHOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 78349235103     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09367.x     Document Type: Article

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