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Consensus definitions and interpretation templates for dynamic ultrasound imaging of defecatory pelvic floor disorders

Proceedings of the consensus meeting of the pelvic floor disorders consortium of the american society of colon and rectal surgeons, the society of abdominal radiology, the international continence society, the American urogynecologic society, the international urogynecological association, and the society of gynecologic surgeons

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Acknowledgements

This work is in the memory of our contributor Dr Giuseppe Gagliardi who died during the drafting of the article. The authors would like to thank Brook Gurland, MD, for providing the videos, and the additional members of the Expert Panel on Dynamic Ultrasound Imaging of Defecatory Disorders of the Pelvic Floor: Amy Halverson, M.D.; Shuqing Ding, Ph.D.; Andrea Ferrara, M.D.; Ari Steiner, M.D.; David Sheyn, M.D.; Joanne Favuzza, M.D.; Sergio Larach, M.D.; Yara Lima de Mendonca, M.D.; Miles Murphy, M.D.; and Steven Wexner, M.D.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inova Health System, Fairfax, VA, USA

    Jonia Alshiek & S. Abbas Shobeiri

  2. Urogynecology Unit, Technion Medical School, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel

    Jonia Alshiek

  3. Department of Surgery, School of Medicine of the Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil

    Sthela M. Murad-Regadas

  4. Department of Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA

    Anders Mellgren

  5. Department of Medical Imaging, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Phyllis Glanc

  6. Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA

    Gaurav Khatri

  7. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

    Lieschen H. Quiroz

  8. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Pelvic Floor Disorders Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Milena M. Weinstein

  9. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northshore Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA

    Ghazaleh Rostaminia

  10. Department of Colorectal Surgery Hospital Casa de Saúde São José, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Lucia Oliveira

  11. Department of Medical Imaging, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

    Hina Arif-Tiwari

  12. Pelvic Floor Unit, St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK

    Linda Ferrari

  13. Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Pelvic Floor Disorders Center, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit St, GRB 425, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Liliana Bordeianou

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Alshiek, J., Murad-Regadas, S.M., Mellgren, A. et al. Consensus definitions and interpretation templates for dynamic ultrasound imaging of defecatory pelvic floor disorders. Int Urogynecol J 34, 603–619 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-022-05414-z

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