Analysis of the contraction of the pelvic floor through the finite element method considering different pathologies

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2011

Authors

da roza, th (Author) Other; parente, mpl (Author) FEUP; natal jorge, rm (Author) FEUP; mascarenhas, t (Author) FMUP; loureiro, j (Author) Other; duarte, s (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICAL SCIENCES - TMSI 2010

Pages: 39-42

6th International Conference on Technology and Medical Sciences (TMSi)

Fac Engn Univ Porto, Porto, PORTUGAL, OCT 21-23, 2010

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Abstract (EN): Pelvic floor disorders are high prevalent diseases that affect different aged women. Two of the most common conditions are urinary incontinence and Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) which is a major health care problem, with of 11% of women undergoing surgery for POP and/or urinary incontinence during life time. Statistical studies show that 30% of those women will be subject to a repeated surgery. Dynamic magnetic resonance (MRI) imaging is an important diagnostic tool used to stage or evaluate POP. The acquisition speed during imaging makes these dynamic assessments possible. MRI allows to generate 3D solids of pelvic floor muscles through manual segmentation. These 3D solids are discretized to apply the Finite Element Method (FEM) to study the biomechanical behavior of pelvic floor muscles contributing to analyze this complex musculature structure. The aim of this study is to build the pelvic floor muscle and simulate, through the finite element method the contraction into two distinct disorders: urinary incontinence and prolapsed. It was found that women with incontinence can keep the force of contraction in higher values than with prolapsed. The present work shows a methodology that can be applied in the pelvic floor biomechanics.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 4