Ultrasound assessment of ther female perineum: Technique, methods, indications and ultrasound anatomy;L'indagine ecografica del perineo femminile: Tecnica, metodologia, indicazioni, anatomia ecografica

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 357-369

  Sarnelli, Giancarlo ^a,b   Trovato, Caterina ^a   Imarisio, Massimo ^a   Talleri, Dimitri ^a   Braconi, Arianna ^a  

^a Ospedale di Sassuolo   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Perineum; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PERINEUM; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TRANSDUCER; URETHRA; URINE INCONTINENCE;

FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIC FLOOR; PERINEUM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0345601833     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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