Is the ultrasound-estimated bladder weight a reliable method for evaluating bladder outlet obstruction?

BJU International

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 864-867

  Almeida, Fernando G ^a   Freitas, Danielo G ^a,b   Bruschini, Homero ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

BOO; BPH; LUTS; prostate; ultrasound estimated bladder weight

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER EXAMINATION; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOGRAPHY; CYSTOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MALE; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; POSTVOID RESIDUAL URINE VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE WEIGHT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; RENAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ULTRASOUND ESTIMATED BLADDER WEIGHT; URETHRA FUNCTION; URETHRA RESISTANCE; URODYNAMICS;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTATISM; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 80052088431     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09881.x     Document Type: Article

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