ArticleInternational urogynecology journal2019
Predictive role of measurement of pelvic floor muscle thickness with static MRI in stress and mixed urinary incontinence.
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- Comparison of elastography score and strain ratio values according to the presence of stress urinary incontinence in transperineal elastography.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Detection of Age-Related Pelvic Floor Fragility in Female Patients Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging.International urogynecology journal · 2025Article
- Ex vivo myo-mechanical assessment of isolated rectus abdominis muscle in pregnancy-specific urinary incontinence: a cross-sectional study nested within the Diamater cohort.Biomedical engineering online · 2025Article
- Contrast-enhanced Micro-CT imaging of a foetal female pelvic floor reveals anatomical details.PloS one · 2025Article
- Bidirectional Relationships between Sarcopenia and Pelvic Floor Disorders.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Review
- Evaluation of pelvic structural abnormalities in primiparous women with stress urinary incontinence.International urogynecology journal · 2024Article
- Evaluation of Age- and Radical-Prostatectomy Related Changes in Male Pelvic Floor Anatomy Based on Magnetic Resonance Imaging and 3-Dimensional Reconstruction.The world journal of men's health · 2021Article
- Biomechanical trade-offs in the pelvic floor constrain the evolution of the human birth canal.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
- The Role of MRI in the Diagnosis of Pelvic Floor Disorders.Current urology reports · 2020Review
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Abstract
introduction and hypothesisTo investigate the role of measuring the thickness of pelvic floor muscles with static MRI in the physiopathology of urinary incontinence in women with stress and mixed types of urinary incontinence diagnosed with urodynamic studies.
methodsA retrospective clinical study was designed in collaboration with the radiology department. We recruited only patients who had undergone static pelvic MRI to determine the etiology of pelvic pain and exclude gynecologic disorders. The study included 45 women diagnosed with stress or mixed-type urinary incontinence based on pelvic examination and urodynamic testing without symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse and 40 continent controls. We evaluated the images of pelvic static MRI of all patients to measure the thickness of the pelvic floor muscles with the radiologist by using an image analysis workstation retrospectively.
resultsThe right and left puborectalis parts of levator ani muscle thicknesses were significantly lower in the urinary incontinence group than in the control group (p < 0.01). The right and left PR/OI ratios were significantly lower than in the control group. (p = 0.001).
conclusionMorphologic changes of pelvic floor muscle thickness can be demonstrated by a static pelvic MRI, and this can be used as a prognostic test in the treatment and follow-up of patients with stress or mixed urinary incontinence.
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