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01-07-2016 | Editorial

The standardization of urodynamic reporting in the International Urogynecology Journal

Authors: Gunnar Lose, Peter L. Dwyer, Paul Riss

Published in: International Urogynecology Journal | Issue 7/2016

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The international Urogynecological Association through the Standardization Committees has developed a structure for reporting scientific information so that we can all speak the same language, and clinical results from one study can be more easily compared with those of another. Standardization documents cover symptoms and physical findings of pelvic floor dysfunction, investigations and results of conservative and surgical treatments, both good and bad (complications). The “Instructions to authors” asks authors to follow these requirements and to state in the Methods section that they have done so. …

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Title: The standardization of urodynamic reporting in the International Urogynecology Journal
Authors: Gunnar Lose
Peter L. Dwyer
Paul Riss
Publication date: 01-07-2016
Publisher: Springer London
Published in: International Urogynecology Journal / Issue 7/2016
Print ISSN: 0937-3462
Electronic ISSN: 1433-3023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-016-3044-2

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