Levator hematoma at the attachment zone as an early marker for levator ani muscle avulsion

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 210-217

  Van Delft, K ^a   Thakar, R ^a   Shobeiri, S Abbas ^b   Sultan, A H ^a  

^a MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

avulsion; childbirth trauma; endovaginal ultrasound; hematoma; levator ani muscle; prolapse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CHILDBIRTH TRAUMA; DELIVERY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVAGINAL ULTRASOUND; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INJURY; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; METHODOLOGY; PELVIS FLOOR; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE INJURY; YOUNG ADULT;

AVULSION; CHILDBIRTH TRAUMA; ENDOVAGINAL ULTRASOUND; HEMATOMA; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; PROLAPSE;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PELVIC FLOOR; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893460776     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.12571     Document Type: Article

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