Anterior but not posterior compartment prolapse is associated with levator hiatus area: A three- and four-dimensional transperineal ultrasound study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 329-337

  Majida, M ^a   Brakken I H ^b   Bo K ^a,b   Benth, J S ^a   Engh, M E ^a  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Area of levator hiatus; pelvic organ prolapse; pubovisceral muscle; size of levator hiatus; transperineal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEVATOR HIATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBOVISCERAL MUSCLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRANSPERINEAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE;

EID: 78651437761     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02784.x     Document Type: Article

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