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Int J Med Sci 2012; 9(10):894-900. doi:10.7150/ijms.4829 This issue Cite

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Three-dimensional Ultrasound Appearance of Pelvic Floor in Nulliparous Women and Pelvic Organ Prolapse Women

Tao Ying✉, Qin Li, Lian Xu, Feifei Liu, Bing Hu

Department of Ultrasound in Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, People's Republic of China.

✉ Corresponding author: Tao Ying, PhD, Department of Ultrasound in Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Yishan Road 600 #, Shanghai 200233, People's Republic of China. E-mail: yingtaomailnet, 1987714ed More

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Ying T, Li Q, Xu L, Liu F, Hu B. Three-dimensional Ultrasound Appearance of Pelvic Floor in Nulliparous Women and Pelvic Organ Prolapse Women. Int J Med Sci 2012; 9(10):894-900. doi:10.7150/ijms.4829. https://www.medsci.org/v09p0894.htm
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The present study investigated the morphology and structure of pelvic floor in 50 nulliparous and 50 pelvic organ prolapse (POP) women using translabial three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound. The levator hiatus in POP women was significantly different from that in nullipara women. In POP women, the size of pelvic floor increased, with a circular shape, and the axis of levator hiatus departed from the normal position in 36 (72%) cases. The puborectalis was avulsed in 18 (36%) cases and the pelvic organs arranged abnormally in 23 (46%) cases. In summary, 3D ultrasound is an effective tool to detect the pelvic floor in POP women who presented with abnormalities in the morphology and structure of pelvic floor.

Keywords: Three-dimensional ultrasound, Levator hiatus, Pelvic floor, Pelvic organ prolapse.

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Ying, T., Li, Q., Xu, L., Liu, F., Hu, B. (2012). Three-dimensional Ultrasound Appearance of Pelvic Floor in Nulliparous Women and Pelvic Organ Prolapse Women. International Journal of Medical Sciences, 9(10), 894-900. https://doi.org/10.7150/ijms.4829.

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Ying, T.; Li, Q.; Xu, L.; Liu, F.; Hu, B. Three-dimensional Ultrasound Appearance of Pelvic Floor in Nulliparous Women and Pelvic Organ Prolapse Women. Int. J. Med. Sci. 2012, 9 (10), 894-900. DOI: 10.7150/ijms.4829.

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Ying T, Li Q, Xu L, Liu F, Hu B. Three-dimensional Ultrasound Appearance of Pelvic Floor in Nulliparous Women and Pelvic Organ Prolapse Women. Int J Med Sci 2012; 9(10):894-900. doi:10.7150/ijms.4829. https://www.medsci.org/v09p0894.htm

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Ying T, Li Q, Xu L, Liu F, Hu B. 2012. Three-dimensional Ultrasound Appearance of Pelvic Floor in Nulliparous Women and Pelvic Organ Prolapse Women. Int J Med Sci. 9(10):894-900.

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