Ultrasonographic Assessment with Three-Dimensional Mode of the Urethral Compression Effect following Sling Surgery with and without Mesh Surgery

Figure 1

Lower urinary tract on three-dimensional transperineal ultrasound imaging in a woman with tension-free vaginal transobturator tape. The top left image shows the midsagittal view (A-plane), with the tape visible as a hyperechogenic stripe just ventral (left) of the central marker dot. The top right image is a coronal view (B-plane) and the bottom left is the axial or C-plane, showing the tape as a shallow “v” (rotated 90° anticlockwise) to the left of the central marker. The bottom right image is the resulting rendered volume [12].