Dynamic anal endosonography and MRI defecography in diagnosis of pelvic floor disorders: Comparison with conventional defecography

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1398-1404

  Vitton, Véronique ^a,b   Vignally, Pascal ^c   Barthet, Marc ^a   Cohen, Valérie ^a   Durieux, Olivier ^d   Bouvier, Michel ^a,b   Grimaud, Jean Charles ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

^b University of Mediterranée   (France)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

Author keywords

Anal sphincter; Diagnostic techniques; Dynamic anal endosonography; Dynamic MRI defecography; Pelvic floor disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DYNAMIC ANAL ENDOSONOGRAPHY; DYNAMIC NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING DEFECOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENTEROCELE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTOCELE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEFECOGRAPHY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 80455127359     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e31822e89bc     Document Type: Article

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