ReviewLife (Basel, Switzerland)2021
The Female Pelvic Floor Fascia Anatomy: A Systematic Search and Review.
Review in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05474495 (Comparative Effects of Transversus Abdominis and Pelvic Floor Muscle Strengthening Exercise Program on Disability and Urinary Incontinence In Patients With Grade 1 Cystocele), which is not on this map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Comparative Effects of Transversus Abdominis and Pelvic Floor Muscle Strengthening Exercise Program on Disability and Urinary Incontinence In Patients With Grade 1 Cystocele
Who cites it
21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.
- Technologies for Evaluation of Pelvic Floor Functionality: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Pooled it
- Constipation as a Hidden Barrier to Pelvic Floor Tele-Rehabilitation: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence.International urogynecology journal · 2026Trial
- Rumba Dance Combined with Breathing Training as an Exercise Intervention in the Management of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Autonomic Plexuses of the Female Sexual Organs Travel Within Pubocervical and Rectovaginal [Endopelvic] Fascia: A Rationale for 'Nerve-Aware' Vaginal Prolapse Repair.Clinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Article
- The Immediate Impact of Heavy Weightlifting on Pelvic Floor Morphometry in Vaginally Parous Women: A Repeated Measures Study.International urogynecology journal · 2026Article
- Macroscopical and histological characterization of the perineal membrane and deep perineal pouch.Journal of anatomy · 2026Article
- The Knowledge Gap: A Survey of Pelvic Floor Understanding Amongst Gynaecology Trainees in Ireland.International urogynecology journal · 2025Article
- Review
- Review
- Ex-vivo functional and mechanical assessment of human endopelvic fascia in men undergoing radical prostatectomy.World journal of urology · 2025Article
- Up for the tackle? The pelvic floor and rugby. A review.European journal of sport science · 2024Review
- Urethrovaginal Septum: A Histological Study on a Cadaver and Its Clinical Significance.Cureus · 2024Article
- MR defecography in assessing stress urinary incontinence with or without symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse.World journal of urology · 2024Article
- Examination of the Anorectal Angle and Pubococcygeal Line in Adults with Anal Disorders and Defecation Irregularities Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging.Journal of clinical practice and research · 2024Article
- Functional Anatomy of Urogenital Hiatus Closure: the Perineal Complex Triad Hypothesis.International urogynecology journal · 2024Article
- Anatomical investigation of the pelvic urogenital fascia in 10 formalin-fixed female cadavers: novel insights into the laparoscopic total mesometrial resection.BMC surgery · 2023Article
- The Anatomical Pathogenesis of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Review
- Fetal Fascial Reinforcement Development: From "a White Tablet" to a Sculpted Precise Organization by Movement.Biology · 2022Article
- Stress urinary incontinence is caused predominantly by urethral support failure.International urogynecology journal · 2022Article
- The Most Common Functional Disorders and Factors Affecting Female Pelvic Floor.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
The female pelvis is a complex anatomical region comprising the pelvic organs, muscles, neurovascular supplies, and fasciae. The anatomy of the pelvic floor and its fascial components are currently poorly described and misunderstood. This systematic search and review aimed to explore and summarize the current state of knowledge on the fascial anatomy of the pelvic floor in women.
methodsA systematic search was performed using Medline and Scopus databases. A synthesis of the findings with a critical appraisal was subsequently carried out. The risk of bias was assessed with the Anatomical Quality Assurance Tool.
resultsA total of 39 articles, involving 1192 women, were included in the review. Although the perineal membrane, tendinous arch of pelvic fascia, pubourethral ligaments, rectovaginal fascia, and perineal body were the most frequently described structures, uncertainties were identified in micro- and macro-anatomy. The risk of bias was scored as low in 16 studies (41%), unclear in 3 studies (8%), and high in 20 studies (51%).
conclusionsThis review provides the best available evidence on the female anatomy of the pelvic floor fasciae. Future studies should be conducted to clarify the discrepancies highlighted and accurately describe the pelvic floor fasciae.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.