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Searching for more direct urodynamic methods to accurately localize and assess the degree of bladder outlet obstructions, we have evaluated the role of micturitional vesicourethral static pressure profile measurements in clinical urodynamics. More than 400 patients, normal and abnormal, were studied with this technique over the past seven years. Details of the technique and the patterns of abnormalities are described for patients having prostatic enlargement, isolated bladder neck obstruction, and anterior urethral strictures.
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S.V.Y. was supported by merit review grant awarded by Veteran's Administration, Washington, D.C., and N.M.R. was supported by grants from the NIH (K08AG00188 and P01AG04390) and the Commonwealth Fund
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Yalla, S.V., Resnick, N.M. Vesicourethral static pressure profile during voiding: Methodology and clinical utility. World J Urol 2, 196–202 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00327000
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00327000