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Imaging Pelvic Floor Disorders

Publication year: 2008

ISBN: 978-3-540-71968-7

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This volume builds on the success of the first edition of Imaging Pelvic Floor Disorders and is aimed at those practitioners with an interest in the imaging, diagnosis and treatment of pelvic floor dysfunction. Concise textual information from acknowledged experts is complemented by high-quality diagrams and images to provide a thorough update of this rapidly evolving field. Introductory chapters fully elucidate the anatomical basis underlying disorders of the pelvic floor. State of the art imaging techniques and their application in pelvic floor dysfunction are then discussed in detail. Additions since the first edition include consideration of the effect of aging and new chapters on perineal ultrasound, functional MRI and MRI of the levator muscles.


Subject: Physics and Astronomy, Gebärmuttervorfall, Inkontinenz, anatomy, diagnosis, fecal incontinence, imaging, incontinence, magnetic resonance, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), pathophysiology, pelvic floor, surgery, ultrasound, urinary incontinence, Diagnostic Radiology, Proctology, Urology, Gynecology, Gastroenterology