14 February 2025 : Clinical Research
Pre- and Post-Surgical MRI Analysis of Levator Ani in Pelvic Organ Prolapse Patients: A Single-Center Study
Haifeng Wang
ABCDEFG 1*, Zhen Hua Gao BCDFG 2, Heng Zhang CE 1, Mei Chen C 1, Yan Li CE 1, Jihong Shen AD 2
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.945993
Med Sci Monit 2025; 31:e945993
Table 1 Comparison of pre- and post-surgery Levator Hiatus Shape in Static and Dynamic States.
| Variables | Static | Dynamic | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | U | O | Irregular | V | U | O | Irregular | |
| Preoperative | 9 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 8 |
| Postoperative | 20 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 0 |
| χ | 12.734 | 13.686 | ||||||
| 0.002* | 0.003* | |||||||
| * Fisher exact test. | ||||||||