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Transvaginal Endosonography: a New Method to Study the Anatomy of the Lower Urinary Tract in Urinary Stress Incontinence
Author(s) -
QUINN M. J.,
BEY J.,
MORTENSEN N. J. McC.,
SMITH P. J. B.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1988.tb04387.x
Subject(s) - urinary incontinence , medicine , neck of urinary bladder , urinary system , urology , urethra , transvaginal ultrasound , vagina , stress incontinence , ultrasound , urinary bladder , anatomy , radiology
Summary— A new method to investigate the anatomy of the lower urinary tract in women is described. Direct ultrasound images of the bladder neck and proximal urethra were obtained using a vaginal endoprobe; the series comprised 100 women with a range of urinary symptoms. The technique was well tolerated by patients and there was no morbidity. Transvaginal endosonography is suitable for the assessment of many aspects of urinary incontinence.