Assessment of female pelvic floor support to the urethra using 3D transperineal ultrasound

• Published in: International Urogynecology Journal Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 149 - 154
• Main Authors: Shui, Wen, Luo, Yijia, Ying, Tao, Li, Qin, Dou, Chaoran, Zhou, Minzhi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.01.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Childbirth & labor; Defects; Feasibility Studies; Fecal incontinence; Female; Gynecology; Humans; Hypotheses; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Morphology; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Original Article; Retrospective Studies; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonography - methods; Urethra - diagnostic imaging; Urinary Incontinence, Stress - diagnostic imaging; Urogenital system; Urology; Vagina - diagnostic imaging; Womens health; Young Adult; Pelvic floor; Urethral support; Stress urinary incontinence; Paravaginal support; Ultrasound

Introduction and hypothesis To explore the feasibility of three-dimensional (3D) transperineal tomographic ultrasound in evaluating pelvic floor support of the urethra in women. Methods Three-dimensional transperineal ultrasound volume data sets of 50 women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and...