Top

International Urogynecology Journal

Published in:

01-07-2020 | Ultrasound | Author Response (Invitation)

Author reply to the commentary on: Is endoanal, introital or transperineal ultrasound diagnosis of sphincter defects more strongly associated with anal incontinence?

Authors: Ingrid Volløyhaug, Annika Taithongchai, Linda Arendsen, Isabelle van Gruting, Abdul H. Sultan, Ranee Thakar

Published in: International Urogynecology Journal | Issue 7/2020

Excerpt

Dear Editor, …

Taithongchai A, van Gruting IMA, Volloyhaug I, Arendsen LP, Sultan AH, Thakar R. Comparing the diagnostic accuracy of 3 ultrasound modalities for diagnosing obstetric anal sphincter injuries. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2019;221(2):134.e131–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2019.04.009.CrossRef

Rao SS. Pathophysiology of adult fecal incontinence. Gastroenterology. 2004;126(1 Suppl 1):S14–22. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2003.10.013.CrossRefPubMed

Dietz HP. Exoanal imaging of the anal sphincters. J Ultrasound Med. 2018;37(1):263–80. https://doi.org/10.1002/jum.14246.CrossRefPubMed

Guzman Rojas RA, Kamisan Atan I, Shek KL, Dietz HP. Anal sphincter trauma and anal incontinence in urogynecological patients. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2015;46(3):363–6. https://doi.org/10.1002/uog.14845.CrossRefPubMed

Abdool Z, Sultan AH, Thakar R. Ultrasound imaging of the anal sphincter complex: a review. Br J Radiol. 2012;85(1015):865–75. https://doi.org/10.1259/bjr/27314678.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral

Timor-Tritsch IE, Monteagudo A, Smilen SW, Porges RF, Avizova E. Simple ultrasound evaluation of the anal sphincter in female patients using a transvaginal transducer. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2005;25(2):177–83. https://doi.org/10.1002/uog.1827.CrossRefPubMed

Weinstein MM, Pretorius DH, Jung SA, Nager CW, Mittal RK. Transperineal three-dimensional ultrasound imaging for detection of anatomic defects in the anal sphincter complex muscles. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2009;7(2):205–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2008.08.019.CrossRefPubMed

Ros C, Martinez-Franco E, Wozniak MM, Cassado J, Santoro GA, Elias N, et al. Postpartum two- and three-dimensional ultrasound evaluation of anal sphincter complex in women with obstetric anal sphincter injury. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2017;49(4):508–14. https://doi.org/10.1002/uog.15924.CrossRefPubMed

Sultan AH, Kamm MA, Talbot IC, Nicholls RJ, Bartram CI. Anal endosonography for identifying external sphincter defects confirmed histologically. Br J Surg. 1994;81(3):463–5. https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.1800810349.CrossRefPubMed

Title: Author reply to the commentary on: Is endoanal, introital or transperineal ultrasound diagnosis of sphincter defects more strongly associated with anal incontinence?
Authors: Ingrid Volløyhaug
Annika Taithongchai
Linda Arendsen
Isabelle van Gruting
Abdul H. Sultan
Ranee Thakar
Publication date: 01-07-2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keywords: Ultrasound
Ultrasound
Published in: International Urogynecology Journal / Issue 7/2020
Print ISSN: 0937-3462
Electronic ISSN: 1433-3023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-020-04370-w

At a glance: The ONWARDS insulin icodec trials

Springer Medicine

Author reply to the commentary on: Is endoanal, introital or transperineal ultrasound diagnosis of sphincter defects more strongly associated with anal incontinence?

Excerpt

At a glance: The ONWARDS insulin icodec trials

Springer Medicine

Excerpt

Please log in to get access to this content

Other articles of this Issue 7/2020

The cost effectiveness of vaginal versus abdominal repair of vesicovaginal fistulae

Preoperative predictors and a prediction score for perception of improvement after mesh prolapse surgery

Post-hospital syndrome predicts poor postoperative outcomes and increased cost following transvaginal midurethral sling placement

Commentary on: Is endoanal, introital or transperineal ultrasound diagnosis of sphincter defects more strongly associated with anal incontinence?

Bowel preparation prior to minimally invasive sacrocolpopexy: a randomized controlled trial

Management of recurrent pelvic organ prolapse after sacrocolpopexy. A video case series