Urethral diverticula: A diagnostic dilemma

BJU International

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1044-1047

  Rufford, Jane ^a   Cardozo, Linda ^a,b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cysto urethrography; Diagnosis; Incontinence; Urethral diverticulum; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYSTOSCOPY; CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY VOLUME CHART; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICTURITION; MICTURITION DISORDER; NOCTURIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESIDUAL URINE; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; TERMINAL DRIBBLING; TRANSPERINEAL ECHOGRAPHY; TRANSURETHRAL ECHOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; URETHRA; URETHRA DIVERTICULUM; URETHRAL PRESSURE PROFILOMETRY; URETHROGRAPHY; URETHROSCOPY; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY URGENCY; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE VOLUME; URODYNAMICS; VAGINAL EXAMINATION; VAGINITIS; VIDEOCYSTOURETHROGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; DIVERTICULUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; URETHRAL DISEASES;

EID: 9644259003     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2004.05125.x     Document Type: Review

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