• DOI:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.04.043
Corpus ID: 24508997.oa

A 3D finite element model of anterior vaginal wall support to evaluate mechanisms underlying cystocele formation.

@article{Chen2009A3F,
  title={A 3D finite element model of anterior vaginal wall support to evaluate mechanisms underlying cystocele formation.},
  author={Luyun Chen and James A. Ashton-Miller and John O. L. DeLancey},
  journal={Journal of biomechanics},
  year={2009},
  volume={42 10},
  pages={
          1371-7
        }
}

Luyun Chen, James A. Ashton-Miller, John O. L. DeLancey

Published in Journal of biomechanics 2009

Engineering, Medicine

OBJECTIVES To develop a 3D computer model of the anterior vaginal wall and its supports, validate that model, and then use it to determine the combinations of muscle and connective tissue impairments that result in cystocele formation, as observed on dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS A subject-specific 3D model of the anterior vaginal wall and its supports were developed based on MRI geometry from a healthy nulliparous woman. It included simplified representations of the… CONTINUE READING

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