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Pelvic Floor Ultrasound

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Practical Urological Ultrasound

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Pelvic ultrasound is increasingly used to evaluate pelvic floor disorders and has several advantages in contrast to other imaging modalities such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and cystourethrography. Ultrasound is relatively inexpensive, widely available, and offers real-time, dynamic imaging of pelvic anatomy without radiation. Most urologists are trained in transrectal ultrasonography. However, those skills are easily translated to translabial pelvic ultrasonography. This chapter focuses on 2D ultrasound imaging and technique as it is the most widely available and familiar to urologists. However, the expanding prevalence of 3D and 4D ultrasound reconstructions of pelvic anatomy will likely advance the understanding of pelvic floor pathology and our appreciation and use of pelvic ultrasound.

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Acknowledgement

The authors wish to thank Dr. Shlomo Raz, MD who has provided many of the images from his personal collection.

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  1. Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Santa Monica, CA, USA

    Chad Baxter MD

  2. Department of Urology, Hofstra Northshore–LIJ School of Medicine, The Arthur Smith Institute for Urology, Center of Pelvic Health and Reconstructive Surgery, 450 Lakeville Road, Lake Success, NY, 11042, USA

    Farzeen Firoozi MD

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    Pat F. Fulgham

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Baxter, C., Firoozi, F. (2013). Pelvic Floor Ultrasound. In: Fulgham, P., Gilbert, B. (eds) Practical Urological Ultrasound. Current Clinical Urology. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-351-6_9

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