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Consensus Definitions and Interpretation Templates for Fluoroscopic Imaging of Defecatory Pelvic Floor Disorders

Proceedings of the Consensus Meeting of the Pelvic Floor Consortium of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, the Society of Abdominal Radiology, the International Continence Society, the American Urogynecologic Society, the International Urogynecological Association, and the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons

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A complete list of the members of the Expert Workgroup on Fluoroscopic Imaging of Pelvic Floor Disorders is provided in Table 1.

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  1. Ian Paquette and David Rosman contributed equally to this work (first co-authors).

  2. Liliana Bordeianou and Gaurav Khatri contributed equally to this work (senior co-authors).

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  1. Department Colorectal Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Ian Paquette

  2. Department of Radiology, Pelvic Floor Disorders Center at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    David Rosman

  3. Department of Radiology, Cairo University Pelvic Floor Centre of Excellency and Research Lab at Cairo University Faculty of Medicine and Teaching Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt

    Rania El Sayed

  4. Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Hospitals, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Tracy Hull

  5. Department of Urology, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA

    Ervin Kocjancic

  6. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

    Lieschen Quiroz

  7. Department of Radiology, Keck Medical Center of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Susan Palmer

  8. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia, INOVA Women’s Hospital, Falls Church, VA, USA

    Abbas Shobeiri

  9. Department of Obstetrics a Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital Pelvic Floor Disorders Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Milena Weinstein

  10. Department of Radiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA

    Gaurav Khatri

  11. Section of Colorectal Surgery, Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital Pelvic Floor Disorders Center, Harvard Medical School, 15 Parkman St, WACC 460, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Liliana Bordeianou

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Paquette, I., Rosman, D., Sayed, R.E. et al. Consensus Definitions and Interpretation Templates for Fluoroscopic Imaging of Defecatory Pelvic Floor Disorders. Tech Coloproctol 25, 3–17 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10151-020-02376-6

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