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10194706

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-5-27
pubmed:abstractText
Dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using a single shot fast spin-echo technique was evaluated as a noninvasive alternative to cystourethography or colpocystorectography in patients with pelvic organ prolapse and/or urinary incontinence. Thirty-two patients were included in this prospective study. Colpocystorectography was performed in 10 patients who previously had undergone hysterectomy and in 2 patients without history of hysterectomy with clinical suspicion of rectoceles. Bead-chain cystourethrography was performed in 20 patients without hysterectomy. For dynamic MRI, a single-slice half-Fourier RARE sequence (imaging time 2 seconds) was used to depict the pelvic organs at different levels of pelvic strain. The results obtained with dynamic MRI were correlated with the x-ray findings. All 17 cystoceles, 10 rectoceles, 2 enteroceles, and 7 vaginal prolapses could be demonstrated on MRI. Diagnostic information gained from these images was equivalent to that obtained with colpocystorectography and superior to that obtained with cystourethrography; with the latter, important findings were missed (four rectoceles). We conclude that dynamic MRI of the pelvic floor with a half-Fourier RARE sequence can reliably detect descents of all three pelvic compartments, that it requires no contrast agent, and that no radiation exposure is involved.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1053-1807
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
378-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Pelvic floor descent: dynamic MR imaging using a half-Fourier RARE sequence.
pubmed:affiliation
Radiology Department, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Controlled Clinical Trial