Sonographic finding of postpartum levator ani muscle injury correlates with pelvic floor clinical examination

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 700-703

  Lipschuetz, M ^a   Valsky, D V ^a   Shick Naveh, L ^b   Daum, H ^a   Messing, B ^a   Yagel, I ^a   Yagel, S ^a   Cohen, S M ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

3D TPS; Levator ani; Pelvic floor; Primiparae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS FLOOR; PERINEUM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARITY; PELVIC FLOOR; PERINEUM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84914179026     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.13325     Document Type: Article

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