Is location of urethral kinking a confounder of association between urethral closure pressure and stress urinary incontinence?

Intact urethral support and normal sphincter function are deemed important for urinary continence. We aimed to test whether the location of urethral kinking (as the probable anatomical correlate of maximal pressure transmission) is associated with stress urinary incontinence and/or urodynamic stress incontinence.

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