Childbirth-related pelvic floor trauma;Geburtsbedingtes Beckenbodentrauma

Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 969-978

  Dietz, Hans Peter ^a  

^a NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D; birth trauma; female pelvic organ prolapse; levator ani; pelvic floor; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS INJURY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 78651090307     PISSN: 00165751     EISSN: 14388804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1250547     Document Type: Article

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