Correlating signs and symptoms with pubovisceral muscle avulsions on magnetic resonance imaging

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 148.e1-148.e7

  Lammers, Karin ^a   Fütterer, Jurgen Jacobus ^a   Inthout, Joanna ^a   Prokop, Mathias ^a   Vierhout, Mark Ewout ^a   Kluivers, Kirsten Birgit ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

levator ani muscle; magnetic resonance imaging; muscle avulsion; pelvic organ prolapse; pubovisceral muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEFECATION; DEFECATORY DISTRESS INVENTORY SCALE; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBOVISCERAL MUSCLE AVULSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UROGENITAL DISTRESS INVENTORY SUBSCALE;

EID: 84872866650     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.12.006     Document Type: Article

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