Pelvic floor ultrasonography: An update

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-20

  Shek, K L ^a   Dietz, H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pelvic floor; Pelvic organ prolapse; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

B SCAN; BLADDER EMPTYING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DEFECOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LITHOTOMY POSITION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PELVIS SURGERY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTOCELE; RECTUM RESECTION; REVIEW; STRESS INCONTINENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIC FLOOR; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE;

EID: 84876531190     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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