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URETHRAL LENGTH IN URINARY STRESS INCONTINENCE
Author(s) -
Mitrani A.,
Sharp M.,
Zilberman A.,
Singer J.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1971.tb00333.x
Subject(s) - urinary incontinence , urology , stress incontinence , medicine , urethra , surgery
Summary In 78 women with stress incontinence the urethral length was measured before and after urethro‐colporrhaphy. The urethral length was increased by 0·5–2·5 cm. and this procedure cured 88·5 per cent of patients. The urethral length before operation had no reaction to the prognosis.