Intrapartum translabial three-dimensional ultrasound visualization of levator trauma

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-92

  Blasi, I ^a   Fuchs, I ^b   D'Amico, R ^a   Vinci, V ^c   La Sala, G B ^a   Mazza, V ^a   Henrich, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

childbirth; intrapartum ultrasound; levator trauma; pelvic floor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; ITALY; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR STAGE 1; METHODOLOGY; PELVIS FLOOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ITALY; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARTURITION; PELVIC FLOOR; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78650638499     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.8818     Document Type: Article

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