Simple ultrasound evaluation of the anal sphincter in female patients using a transvaginal transducer

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-183

  Timor Tritsch, I E ^a   Monteagudo, A ^a   Smilen, S W ^a   Porges, R F ^a   Avizova, E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal sphincter trauma; Obstetrics; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANOMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARITY; PERINEUM INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSDUCER; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ANUS DISEASES; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 14544292892     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1827     Document Type: Article

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