Three-dimensional ultrasound imaging of the levator hiatus in late pregnancy and associations with delivery outcomes

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 176-180

  Lanzarone, Valeria ^a   Dietz, Hans Peter ^b  

^a Penrith Ultrasound for Women   (Australia)

^b NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth; Delivery outcomes; Labour; Levator ani muscle; Pelvic floor; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR STAGE 2; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PELVIS FLOOR; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARITY; PELVIC FLOOR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34250338495     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2007.00714.x     Document Type: Article

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