Pelvic floor structure and function in women with vesicovaginal fistula

Journal of Urology

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1772-1777

  Dietz, Hans Peter ^a,b   Tekle, Habtemariam ^a,b   Williams, Gordon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ADDIS ABABA FISTULA HOSPITAL   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

labor; muscular atrophy; obstetric; ultrasonography; urinary bladder; vesicovaginal fistula

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; COUGHING; CYSTOCELE; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MICTURITION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOCELE; TRANSLABIAL ULTRASOUND; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; VESICOVAGINAL FISTULA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867404507     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.07.026     Document Type: Article

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