EAU guidelines on assessment and nonsurgical management of urinary incontinence

European Urology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1130-1142

  Lucas, Malcolm G ^a   Bosch, Ruud J L ^b   Burkhard, Fiona C ^c   Cruz, Francisco ^d   Madden, Thomas B ^e   Nambiar, Arjun K ^a   Neisius, Andreas ^f   De Ridder, Dirk J M K ^g   Tubaro, Andrea ^h   Turner, William H ⁱ   Pickard, Robert S ^j  

^a MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^h SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

ⁱ ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Diagnosis; EAU guidelines; Non surgical treatment; Practice based guidelines; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

DARIFENACIN; DESMOPRESSIN; DULOXETINE; ESTROGEN; FESOTERODINE; OXYBUTYNIN; PLACEBO; SOLIFENACIN; TOLTERODINE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; NERVE STIMULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTVOID RESIDUAL URINE VOLUME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SKIN MANIFESTATION; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS; XEROSTOMIA;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84868559568     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.08.047     Document Type: Article

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