'Virgen de la Arrixaca' University Clinical Hospital

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Medicine

Ultrasonography in Experimental Reproductive Investigations on Rats

Tianjuang Wang^1,2, Lidia Oltra-Rodríguez³, Nuria García-Carrillo³, Anibal Nieto^4,5, Yunxia Cao^*1,2,6, María L. Sánchez-Ferrer^*4,5

¹Reproductive Medicine Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, ²Institute of Reproductive Genetics, Anhui Medical University, ³Centro Experimental en Investigaciones Biomédica (CEIB), Campus Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Murcia, ⁴Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 'Virgen de la Arrixaca' University Clinical Hospital, ⁵Institute for Biomedical Research of Murcia, IMIB-Arrixaca, ⁶Anhui Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Biopreservation and Artificial Organs

This manuscript describes the utility of ultrasound performed on female rats to design experimental models for reproductive and gynecological investigation. A step-by-step explanation of how to perform ultrasonographic evaluation is shown.

Medicine

Anogenital Distance and Perineal Measurements of the Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) Quantification System

María Luisa Sánchez-Ferrer^1,2, María Teresa Prieto-Sánchez^1,2, Carlos Moya-Jiménez¹, Jaime Mendiola^2,3,4, Carmen María García-Hernández¹, Ana Carmona-Barnosi¹, Anibal Nieto^1,2, Alberto M. Torres-Cantero^2,3,4,5

¹Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, "Virgen de la Arrixaca", University Clinical Hospital, ²Institute for Biomedical Research of Murcia, IMIB-Arrixaca, ³Division of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Murcia School of Medicine, ⁴Biomedical Research Centre Network for Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), ⁵Department of Preventive Medicine, "Virgen de la Arrixaca", University Clinical Hospital

This manuscript describes the procedures to perform anogenital distance (AGD) and perineal measurements standardized by the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification System (POP-Q): perineal body (PB) and genital hiatus (GH). These measurements are compared in women with and without pelvic organ prolapse.