The use of 3-dimensional ultrasound of the pelvic floor to predict recurrence risk after pelvic reconstructive surgery

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 206-211

  Rodrigo, Natassia ^a   Wong, Vivien ^a   Shek, Ka Lai ^a   Martin, Andrew ^a   Dietz, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

4D ultrasound; Hiatal ballooning; levator avulsion; pelvic floor muscle; pelvic organ prolapse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR COLPORRHAPHY; AVULSION INJURY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYSTOCELE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; LEVATOR AVULSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MESH SLING; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS SURGERY; PILOT STUDY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VAGINAL SUPPORT DEVICE;

4D-ULTRASOUND; HIATAL BALLOONING; LEVATOR AVULSION; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC FLOOR; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84901820307     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12171     Document Type: Conference Paper

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