Open AccessSOME METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS ON THE MEASUREMENT OF INTRALUMINAL PRESSURES IN THE FEMALE UROGENITAL TRACT IN VIVO
Author(s) -
Lindström Kjell,
Ulmsten Ulf
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016347809154200
Subject(s) - genitourinary system , medicine , in vivo , physiology , intensive care medicine , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
. This short survey presents some methodological aspects on intraluminal pressure recordings in vivo from the female urogenital tract. The importance of adequate calibration is stressed and a calibration unit for different types of recording equipments is described. Calculations of measuring errors are outlined. The selection of recording catheters is discussed from both the theoretical and the practical point of view. Finally some practical aspects are considered on pressure recordings in vivo from the ureter, the bladder, the urethra and the uterus. This discussion is illustrated by pressure diagrams obtained with different recording techniques from the actual organs.