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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Santoro, G. A.
• Wieczorek, A. P.
• Dietz, H. P.
• Mellgren, A.
• Sultan, A. H.
• Shobeiri, S. A.
• Stankiewicz, A.
• Bartram, C.

Titel

State of the art: an integrated approach to pelvic floor ultrasonography

Ist Teil von

• Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology, 2011-04, Vol.37 (4), p.381-396

Ort / Verlag

Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

Quelle

Wiley-Blackwell Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Surgical management of pelvic floor disorders depends on a comprehensive understanding of the structural integrity and function of the pelvic floor. For visualizing this region, ultrasonography has emerged as a procedure that is relatively easy to perform, cost‐effective and widely available. In this review, pelvic floor ultrasonography, including two‐dimensional (2D), three‐dimensional (3D) and 4D imaging as well as transvaginal, endoanal and transperineal techniques, is discussed from a global and multicompartmental perspective, rather than using a compartmentalized approach. The role of the different sonographic modalities in the major disorders of the pelvic floor—urinary and fecal incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse and obstructed defecation syndrome—is evaluated critically. Copyright © 2011 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.