Sonographic transvaginal bladder wall thickness: Does the measurement discriminate between urodynamic diagnoses?

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 325-328

  Kuhn, Annette ^a   Genoud, Sophie ^a   Robinson, Dudley ^b   Herrmann, Gudrun ^a   Günthert, Andreas ^a   Brandner, Sonja ^a   Raio, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bladder wall thickness; Pressure flow studies; Vaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER EMPTYING; BLADDER WALL; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STRESS INCONTINENCE; THICKNESS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; URODYNAMICS; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SWITZERLAND; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER, OVERACTIVE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 79952697688     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20997     Document Type: Article

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