Urodynamic assessment of patients with stress incontinence: How effective are urethral pressure profilometry and abdominal leak point pressures at case selection and predicting outcome?

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 307-311

  Lemack, Gary E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Leak point pressure; Urethral pressure profile; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAK POINT PRESSURE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; URETHRA PRESSURE; URODYNAMICS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESSURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 8644234051     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042307-200411000-00002     Document Type: Review

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