Ebert, Anne-Karoline and Falkert, A. and Germer, U. and Roesch, W. H. (2009) Biometry of the pubovisceral muscle and levator hiatus assessed by three-dimensional ultrasound in females with bladder exstrophy-epispadias complex after functional reconstruction. ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY, 34 (1). pp. 98-103. ISSN 0960-7692,
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Objective The congenital bony and musculoskeletal defect of the pelvis in bladder exstrophy-epispadias complex (BEEC) highly predisposes females to uterine prolapse. There is a paucity of knowledge on the anatomy of the pelvic soft tissue structures following surgery. The aim of this study was to investigate with transperineal three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound the pubovisceral muscle in females with BEEC who bad undergone surgical reconstruction in childhood. Methods In a cross-sectional observational study we examined 12 Caucasian female BEEC patients, mean age 19.9 (range, 15.5-27.4) years, from a single center after a single-stage functional reconstruction with closure of the anterior pelvic ring. As a control group we used 13 Caucasian nulligravidae. 3D transperineal ultrasound volumes were acquired with the patient at rest in the supine position and with an empty bladder, and established pelvic floor parameters were measured. Analysis was conducted offline by two independent investigators. Results No statistical difference between the BEEC patients and the control group was observed in the anteroposterior diameter or the area of the levator hiatus, or in the maximal thickness of the levator muscle. However, significantly greater values were observed in BEEC patients in the transverse diameter of the levator hiatus (mean, 4.31 vs. 3.81 cm, P = 0.046) and in the levator angle (mean, 80.1 vs. 70.0 degrees, P = 0.040). The measurements obtained in the control group were consistent with those previously reported in the literature. Conclusions This is the first study showing that transperineal 3D ultrasound can be used for the assessment of BEEC patients after functional reconstruction. Biometric pelvic floor parameters may be useful in the long-term follow-up of BEEC patients. Copyright (c) 2009 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | PELVIC FLOOR; ANATOMY; WOMEN; GENITALIA; INSIGHTS; bladder exstrophy-epispadias complex; long-term follow-up; pelvic floor imaging; transperineal 3D ultrasound |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe (Schwerpunkt Geburtshilfe) Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Sep 2020 06:46 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Sep 2020 06:46 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/28806 |
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