Pelvic floor biometry in Chinese primiparous women 1 year after delivery: A prospective observational study

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 466-474

  Chan, S S C ^a   Cheung, R Y K ^a   Yiu, K W ^a   Lee, L L ^a   Chung, T K H ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

childbirth; hiatal distension; levator ani muscle injury; pelvic floor injury; translabial ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOMETRY; BIRTH; BLADDER; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIP; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PARITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS FLOOR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOMETRY; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LABIAL FRENUM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PARITY; PARTURITION; PELVIC FLOOR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 84897545014     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.13249     Document Type: Article

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