The feasibility of urethral color ultrasound imaging in the diagnosis of female intrinsic sphincter deficiency: Preliminary results

Spinal Cord

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 192-195

  Siracusano, S ^a   Bertolotto, M ^a   Silvestre, G ^a   D'Aloia G ^a   Pecorari, V ^a   Stener, S ^a   Quaia, E ^a   Baschiera, P ^a   Knez, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Color ultrasound imaging; Female urethra; Sphincter insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSDUCER; URETHRA INTRINSIC SPHINCTER DEFICIENCY; URETHRA MALFORMATION; URINE INCONTINENCE; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 85047698782     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101276     Document Type: Article

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