Live anatomy of the perineal body in patients with third-degree rectocele

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1416-1422

  Wagenlehner, F M E ^a   Del Amo, E ^b   Santoro, G A ^c   Petros, P ^d  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c Regional Hospital   (Italy)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endovaginal ultrasonography; Obstructed defaecation; Perineal body; Rectocele; Transperineal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFECATION; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHIAL TUBEROSITY; NULLIPARA; PARITY; PELVIS; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIC BONE; RECTOCELE; RECTUM; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TISSUE FIXATION; VAGINA;

ENDOVAGINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; OBSTRUCTED DEFAECATION; PERINEAL BODY; RECTOCELE; TRANSPERINEAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DISSECTION; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PELVIC FLOOR; PERINEUM; RECTOCELE;

EID: 84887200654     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/codi.12333     Document Type: Article

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