TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Pelvic Imaging
A1  - Ramm, Olga
A1  - Kenton, Kimberly
A2  - Rogers, Rebecca G.
A2  - Sung, Vivian W.
A2  - Iglesia, Cheryl B.
A2  - Thakar, Ranee
PY  - 2014
T2  - Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery: Clinical Practice and Surgical Atlas
AB  - The  clinical  evaluation  of  pelvic  floor  disorders  hinges  on  patient  history  and  physical  examination.  Standardized  systems  for  the  clinical  assessment  of  pelvic  organ  prolapse,  such  as  the  Baden–Walker  Halfway  System1  or  the  Pelvic  Organ  Prolapse  Quantification  (POP-Q)  System,2  enable  clinicians  to  reliably  and  reproducibly  describe  the  extent  of  prolapse  in  each  vaginal  compartment.3,4  However,  the  underlying  defects  that  contribute  to  the  symptomatology  of  pelvic  floor  disorders  often  elude  visual  inspection  in  the  office.  The  organ  lying  behind  each  prolapsed  vaginal  segment  varies5,6  and  important  defects  in  the  levator  ani  musculature  cannot  be  visualized.7,8  Pelvic  floor  clinicians  and  researchers  abandoned  the  terms  “cystocele”  or  “rectocele”  in  favor  of  anterior  vaginal  wall  or  posterior  vaginal  wall  prolapse  to  reflect  clinicians’  inability  to  reliably  determine  the  organ  lacking  support  behind  the  prolapsed  vaginal  wall.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105830645
ER  -