Intra- and interobserver reliability of levator ani muscle biometry and avulsion using three-dimensional endovaginal ultrasonography

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 202-209

  Van Delft, K ^a   Shobeiri, S A ^b   Thakar, R ^a   Schwertner Tiepelmann, N ^a   Sultan, A H ^a  

^a MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

childbirth; endovaginal ultrasonography; interobserver reliability; levator ani muscle; levator hiatal dimensions; limits of agreement; prolapse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVAGINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; INTEROBSERVER RELIABILITY; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; LEVATOR HIATAL DIMENSIONS; LIMITS OF AGREEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PELVIS FLOOR; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE INJURY; YOUNG ADULT;

CHILDBIRTH; ENDOVAGINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; INTEROBSERVER RELIABILITY; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; LEVATOR HIATAL DIMENSIONS; LIMITS OF AGREEMENT; PROLAPSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PELVIC FLOOR; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893456112     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.13193     Document Type: Article

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