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Ultrasonography in stress urinary incontinence

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Evaluation of the urethrovesical junction in stress urinary incontinence is essential. For this reason the Q-tip test, a clinical test with debatable specificity; lateral cystourethrography, a conventional method; and videourethrocystography, a sophisticated method, have been in use. Because ultrasonography is inexpensive, reliable, easy to apply and free of any contrast material and X-ray exposure, it has practically replaced all the former methods in the evaluation of the urethrovesical junction in stress urinary incontinence patients within the last decade.

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    F. Demirci (Observer Professor)

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    P. M. Fine (Assistant Professor)

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Demirci, F., Fine, P.M. Ultrasonography in stress urinary incontinence. Int Urogynecol J 7, 125–132 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01894200

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