Purse-string morphology of external anal sphincter revealed by novel imaging techniques

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 306, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Mittal, Ravinder K ^a,d   Bhargava, Valmik ^a,d   Sheean, Geoff ^b   Ledgerwood, Melissa ^a   Sinha, Shantanu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal incontinence; Childbirth related injury; External anal sphincter muscle architecture; Magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPACT DISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MUSCLE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSPERINEAL ECHOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; CHILDBIRTH-RELATED INJURY; DRUG EFFECT; EXTERNAL ANAL SPHINCTER MUSCLE ARCHITECTURE; FECES INCONTINENCE; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANAL INCONTINENCE; CHILDBIRTH-RELATED INJURY; EXTERNAL ANAL SPHINCTER MUSCLE ARCHITECTURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 84900324111     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00338.2013     Document Type: Article

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