Assessment of the in vivo biomechanical properties of the human uterine cervix in pregnancy using the aspiration test A feasibility study

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 144, Issue SUPPL 1, 2009, Pages

  Bauer, Margit ^a   Mazza, Edoardo ^b,c   Jabareen, Mahmood ^b   Sultan, Leila ^d   Bajka, Michael ^d   Lang, Uwe ^a   Zimmermann, Roland ^d   Holzapfel, Gerhard A ^e,f  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^f ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aspiration device; Biomechanics; In vivo; Mechanical properties; Pregnancy; Remodeling; Stiffness; Uterine cervix

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; ELASTICITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; CERVIX UTERI; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL; ELASTICITY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 67650134517     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2009.02.025     Document Type: Article

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