Effects of bilateral levator ani nerve injury on pelvic support in the female squirrel monkey

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 198, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 585.e1-585.e8

  Pierce, Lisa M ^a   Coates, Kimberly W ^a   Kramer, Lori A ^a   Bradford, Jason C ^a   Thor, Karl B ^b   Kuehl, Thomas J ^a  

^a TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

denervation; levator ani; levator ani nerve; magnetic resonance imaging; pelvic organ prolapse; squirrel monkey; vaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLADDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; FEMALE; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE INJURY; NEURECTOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NULLIPARA; PARITY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUIRREL MONKEY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL RISK; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 42749094572     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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