The determinants of minimal levator hiatus and their relationship to the puborectalis muscle and the levator plate

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 205-211

  Shobeiri, S Abbas ^a   Rostaminia, G ^a   White, D ^a   Quiroz, L H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Levator plate; minimal levator hiatus; pubococcygeus; puborectalis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVAGINAL ULTRASOUND; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMAL LEVATOR HIATUS; NULLIPARA; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIC BONE; PUBORECTAL MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84871236525     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12055     Document Type: Article

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