The effect of bilateral pelvic neurectomy on cervical ripening in pregnant rats

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 263-269

  MacKay, Lynette B ^a   Shi, Leili ^b   Maul, Holger ^c   Maner, William L ^b   Garfield, Robert E ^b,d  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d Division of Research Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral pelvic neurectomy; Cervical ripening; Collagen cross links; Picrosirius red

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BILATERAL PELVIC NEURECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; LAPAROTOMY; NERVE SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PELVIC NERVE; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; RAT; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; ANIMAL; INNERVATION; PELVIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SURGERY; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UTERINE CERVIX;

ANIMALS; CERVICAL RIPENING; CERVIX UTERI; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; PELVIS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PREGNANCY; RATS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 63849329339     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2009.043     Document Type: Article

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