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Anatomy of the Pelvic Floor

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Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery

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Anatomy is to pelvic surgery as vocabulary is to language: The more detailed one’s knowledge is in anatomy, the more fluent and facile one becomes in the operating room.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Drew University and UCLA, USA

    Dr Richard J. Scotti (Professor)

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chief of Urogynecology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA

    Dr George Lazarou (Assistant Professor) & Wilma Markus Greston MD (Principal Associate and Chief of Urogynecology)

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  3. Wilma Markus Greston MD
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Urogynecology Unit, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    H. P. Drutz BA, MD, FRC(C), FACOG, FSOGC

  2. Division of Urology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    S. Herschorn BSc, MDCM, FRCSC

  3. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    N. E. Diamant MD, FRCP(C)

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Scotti, R.J., Lazarou, G., Greston, W.M. (2003). Anatomy of the Pelvic Floor. In: Drutz, H.P., Herschorn, S., Diamant, N.E. (eds) Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-238-1_3

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