Urethral Pressure Measurement - Problems and Clinical Value
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology
- Vol. 35 (207) , 61-66
- https://doi.org/10.1080/003655901750174917
Abstract
Urethral pressure measurements are in use to assess urethral closure and voiding function. The lack of general agreement on an explicit definition of urethral pressure and standardisation of the methodology for measurement has limited the clinical utility of urethral pressure measurements.Keywords
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