Closure mechanism of the anal canal in women: Assessed by three-dimensional ultrasound imaging

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 932-939

  Jung, Sung Ae ^a   Pretorius, Dolores H ^b   Weinstein, Milena ^a   Nager, Charles W ^a   Den Boer, Debbie ^a   Mittal, Ravinder K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3D US image; External anal sphincter; Internal anal sphincter; Puborectalis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ANATOMY; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CONTINENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; PRESSURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRESSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 44749084246     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-008-9221-8     Document Type: Article

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