detrusor leak point pressure

detrusor leak point pressure
as the bladder fills without an increase in abdominal pressure, the level of pressure at which leakage of urine through the urethra occurs; this is a measure of both strength of the urethral sphincters and compliance of the detrusor urinae muscle.

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