Pubic bone injuries in primiparous women: Magnetic resonance imaging in detection and differential diagnosis of structural injury

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 444-451

  Brandon, C ^a   Jacobson, J A ^a   Low, L K ^b   Park, L ^b   Delancey, J ^a   Miller, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

birth trauma; Cesarean; levator ani; MRI; pelvic floor; pelvis injury; vaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW DISEASE; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARITY; PATHOLOGY; PELVIS FLOOR; PREGNANCY; PUBIC BONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BONE MARROW DISEASES; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARITY; PELVIC FLOOR; PREGNANCY; PUBIC BONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84859301649     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.9082     Document Type: Article

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