Dynamic assessment of the vaginal high-pressure zone using high-definition manometery, 3-dimensional ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging of the pelvic floor muscles

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 172.e1-172.e8

  Raizada, Varuna ^a   Bhargava, Valmik ^a   Jung, Sung Ae ^a   Karstens, Anna ^a   Pretorius, Dolores ^a   Krysl, Petr ^a   Mittal, Ravinder K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

high definition manometry; high pressure zone; magnetic resonance imaging; pelvic floor muscles; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MANOMETRY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NULLIPARA; PELVIS FLOOR; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VAGINA;

EID: 77955662198     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.02.028     Document Type: Article

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