Pelvic floor ultrasound in prolapse: What's in it for the surgeon?

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1221-1232

  Dietz, Hans Peter ^a  

^a NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cystocele; Female pelvic organ prolapse; Imaging; Levator ani; Pelvic floor; Rectocele; Ultrasound; Uterine prolapse

Indexed keywords

AVULSION INJURY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CYSTOCELE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOCELE; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 84855238190     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: 14333023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-011-1459-3     Document Type: Review

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