title: Resting and stress urethral pressures as a clinical guide to the mechanism of continence in the female patient.
abstract: Urethral closure pressures are examined with respect to continence and aging. An attempt is made to interpret the inherent orientation sensitivity of microtip transducer profilometry. The transmission of cough pressures along the length of the urethra is also examined, showing that incontinence is associated with low transmission.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008365:Manometry; D008875:Middle Aged; D011312:Pressure; D014159:Transducers; D014521:Urethra / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014546:Urinary Catheterization; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000503:physiopathology; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000503:physiopathology; D014554:Urination; D014563:Urodynamics