BK Medical prides itself on being at the forefront of intraoperative ultrasound technology. Having the chance to hear, firsthand from healthcare practitioners around the world gives us the opportunity to maintain that edge. We recently spoke with Dr. Martin Kowallik to get his thoughts on using advanced ultrasound in the anorectal surgery space. As the current Head of the Department of Proctology in Magen Darm Zentrum Wiener Platz in Cologne, Germany he is, in our humble opinion, an authority worth hearing from.
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Topics: 3D Imaging, Anorectal Imaging, GE HealthCare, Advanced Ultrasound
Pelvic floor disorders lead to hundreds of thousands of surgical interventions on female patients in the USA each year. An estimated 30% of these cases require re-operations.
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Topics: Pelvic Floor, 3D Imaging
In this handbook Dr. Aparna Hegde and Dr. G Willy Davila provide an introduction to the role of multicompartment pelvic floor ultrasound imaging in the management of patients who have undergone sling surgery for stress urinary incontinence.
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Topics: Pelvic Floor, 3D Imaging
Dr. Santoro, Chief of Pelvic Floor Unit at the Treviso Regional Hospital in Italy describes why the complexity of pelvic floor surgery and treatment necessitates a multidisciplinary approach, and explains what kind of evaluation is needed to understand the pelvic floor prior to surgery and treatment.
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Topics: Pelvic Floor, 3D Imaging
MRI will not show the placement of mesh and neither can an X-Ray. However, one modality that can depict mesh is ultrasound. According to Dr. Elizabeth Mueller, Division and Fellowship Director of Female Public Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, ultrasound is the only modality that allows her to not only detect mesh, but perform more precise mesh removal surgeries.
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Topics: Pelvic Floor, 3D Imaging
