TY - JOUR
T1 - MR Imaging of the Pelvic Floor
AU - Khatri, Gaurav
AU - de Leon, Alberto Diaz
AU - Lockhart, Mark E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2017/8
Y1 - 2017/8
N2 - Pelvic floor dysfunction is a term used to describe a broad set of conditions including pelvic organ prolapse, urinary or fecal incontinence, defecatory dysfunction, and chronic pelvic pain that frequently affects multiple compartments of the pelvic floor. Imaging is important, because physical examination may not be adequate as the only means of evaluating pelvic floor disorders. This article reviews pertinent pelvic floor anatomy as well as the technique for performing, interpreting, and reporting abnormalities seen on MR defecography examinations in the anterior, middle, and posterior compartments.
AB - Pelvic floor dysfunction is a term used to describe a broad set of conditions including pelvic organ prolapse, urinary or fecal incontinence, defecatory dysfunction, and chronic pelvic pain that frequently affects multiple compartments of the pelvic floor. Imaging is important, because physical examination may not be adequate as the only means of evaluating pelvic floor disorders. This article reviews pertinent pelvic floor anatomy as well as the technique for performing, interpreting, and reporting abnormalities seen on MR defecography examinations in the anterior, middle, and posterior compartments.
KW - Dynamic pelvic floor MR imaging
KW - MR defecography
KW - Pelvic mesh
KW - Pelvic prolapse
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U2 - 10.1016/j.mric.2017.03.003
DO - 10.1016/j.mric.2017.03.003
M3 - Review article
C2 - 28668155
AN - SCOPUS:85021752691
SN - 1064-9689
VL - 25
SP - 457
EP - 480
JO - Magnetic resonance imaging clinics of North America
JF - Magnetic resonance imaging clinics of North America
IS - 3
ER -