Vaginal opacification during defecography: Utility of placing a folded gauze square at the introitus

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 562-564

  Ho, L M ^a   Low, V H S ^a   Freed, K S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Bladder; Defecography; Gastrointestinal tract; Intestines; Radiography; Rectum; Vagina

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER MALFORMATION; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; VAGINA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARIUM SULFATE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DEFECOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECTOCELE; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; VAGINA;

EID: 0032725278     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002619900563     Document Type: Article

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