Avulsion injury and levator hiatal ballooning: Two independent risk factors for prolapse? An observational study

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 211-214

  Dietz, Hans Peter ^a   Franco, Anna V M ^b   Shek, Ka Lai ^a   Kirby, Adrienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avulsion; female pelvic organ prolapse; four dimensional ultrasound; levator ani; pelvic floor trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CYSTOCELE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIATAL BALLOONING; HUMAN; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE DISEASE; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOCELE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSLABIAL ULTRASOUND; UTERUS PROLAPSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PARTURITION; PELVIC FLOOR; PELVIC FLOOR DISORDERS; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856103226     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2011.01315.x     Document Type: Article

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