Biomechanical Mapping of the Female Pelvic Floor explores new technological advances in women’s healthcare intended to improve pelvic floor characterization, diagnosis and prediction of treatment outcomes. The book describes biomechanical approaches and clinical examples to demonstrate how one can evaluate the changes in the pelvic floor to gain a better understanding of an individual patient’s pelvic floor dysfunctions, such as prolapse, incontinence, chronic pelvic pain, and even conditions leading to spontaneous preterm delivery and predicting maternal birth trauma.
This book is a valuable resource for researchers focused on gynecology, urogynecology or obstetrics, clinicians, graduate students and biomedical scientists and bioengineers who need to better understand the technological advances in biomechanical characterization and how they can be used not only for diagnosis but also for monitoring several OBGYN-related conditions.
1. Chapter 1 Introduction - p. 1 2. Chapter 2 Definitions and interpretation of biomechanical mapping - p. 7 3. Chapter 3 Retrospective history and medical applications - p. 17 4. Chapter 4 Biomechanical mapping with ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging - p. 65 5. Chapter 5 Biomechanical mapping with force and pressure measurements - p. 119 6. Chapter 6 Pelvic floor characterization with vaginal tactile imaging - p. 155 7. Chapter 7 Biomechanical integrity score - p. 215 8. Chapter 8 Preoperative assessment and prediction of pelvic prolapse surgery outcome - p. 229 9. Chapter 9 Changes of pelvic floor integrity after hysterectomy - p. 255 10. Chapter 10 Vaginal conditions after laser treatment - p. 279 11. Chapter 11 Pelvic floor characterization with vaginal tactile ultrasound image fusion - p. 291 12. Chapter 12 Cervical biomechanical deficiency and spontaneous preterm delivery - p. 321 13. Chapter 13 Antepartum tactile imaging in prediction of maternal birth trauma - p. 337 14. Chapter 14 Conclusions and future directions - p. 367 15. Index - p. 377
Biomechanical Mapping of the Female Pelvic Floor explores new technological advances in women’s healthcare intended to improve pelvic floor characterization, diagnosis and prediction of treatment outcomes. The book describes biomechanical approaches and clinical examples to demonstrate how one can evaluate the changes in the pelvic floor to gain a better understanding of an individual patient’s pelvic floor dysfunctions, such as prolapse, incontinence, chronic pelvic pain, and even conditions leading to spontaneous preterm delivery and predicting maternal birth trauma.
This book is a valuable resource for researchers focused on gynecology, urogynecology or obstetrics, clinicians, graduate students and biomedical scientists and bioengineers who need to better understand the technological advances in biomechanical characterization and how they can be used not only for diagnosis but also for monitoring several OBGYN-related conditions.
1. Chapter 1 Introduction - p. 1 2. Chapter 2 Definitions and interpretation of biomechanical mapping - p. 7 3. Chapter 3 Retrospective history and medical applications - p. 17 4. Chapter 4 Biomechanical mapping with ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging - p. 65 5. Chapter 5 Biomechanical mapping with force and pressure measurements - p. 119 6. Chapter 6 Pelvic floor characterization with vaginal tactile imaging - p. 155 7. Chapter 7 Biomechanical integrity score - p. 215 8. Chapter 8 Preoperative assessment and prediction of pelvic prolapse surgery outcome - p. 229 9. Chapter 9 Changes of pelvic floor integrity after hysterectomy - p. 255 10. Chapter 10 Vaginal conditions after laser treatment - p. 279 11. Chapter 11 Pelvic floor characterization with vaginal tactile ultrasound image fusion - p. 291 12. Chapter 12 Cervical biomechanical deficiency and spontaneous preterm delivery - p. 321 13. Chapter 13 Antepartum tactile imaging in prediction of maternal birth trauma - p. 337 14. Chapter 14 Conclusions and future directions - p. 367 15. Index - p. 377
