Open AccessLevator bowl volume during straining and its relationship to other levator measures
Author(s) -
Lahari Nandikanti,
Anne G. Sammarco,
Luyun Chen,
James A. AshtonMiller,
John O.L. DeLancey
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international urogynecology journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.933
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1433-3023
pISSN - 0937-3462
DOI - 10.1007/s00192-019-04006-8
Subject(s) - medicine , sagittal plane , anatomy , volume (thermodynamics) , strain (injury) , rest (music) , orthodontics , surgery , physics , quantum mechanics
This study was aimed at measuring levator ani bowl volume at rest and while straining, comparing women with and without prolapse (controls), and assessing the ability of measures of the mid-sagittal bowl area, levator hiatus (LH), and urogenital hiatus (UGH) to predict bowl volume.