IMIB-Arrixaca 3 articles published in JoVE Medicine Anogenital Distance and Perineal Measurements of the Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) Quantification System María Luisa Sánchez-Ferrer1,2, María Teresa Prieto-Sánchez1,2, Carlos Moya-Jiménez1, Jaime Mendiola2,3,4, Carmen María García-Hernández1, Ana Carmona-Barnosi1, Anibal Nieto1,2, Alberto M. Torres-Cantero2,3,4,5 1Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, "Virgen de la Arrixaca", University Clinical Hospital, 2Institute for Biomedical Research of Murcia, IMIB-Arrixaca, 3Division of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Murcia School of Medicine, 4Biomedical Research Centre Network for Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), 5Department of Preventive Medicine, "Virgen de la Arrixaca", University Clinical Hospital This manuscript describes the procedures to perform anogenital distance (AGD) and perineal measurements standardized by the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification System (POP-Q): perineal body (PB) and genital hiatus (GH). These measurements are compared in women with and without pelvic organ prolapse. Medicine Microscopy Based Methods for the Assessment of Epithelial Cell Migration During In Vitro Wound Healing Sergio Liarte*1, Ángel Bernabé-García*1, David Armero-Barranco2, Francisco José Nicolás1 1Laboratorio de Oncología Molecular y TGF-β, IMIB-Arrixaca, 2Departamento de Enfermería, Facultad Enfermería, Universidad de Murcia This manuscript describes how incision-like lesions made on cultured epithelial cell monolayers conveniently model wound healing in vitro, allowing for imaging by confocal or laser scanning microscopy, and which can provide high-quality quantitative and qualitative data for studying both cell behavior and the mechanisms involved in migration. Medicine Ultrasonography in Experimental Reproductive Investigations on Rats Tianjuang Wang1,2, Lidia Oltra-Rodríguez3, Nuria García-Carrillo3, Anibal Nieto4,5, Yunxia Cao*1,2,6, María L. Sánchez-Ferrer*4,5 1Reproductive Medicine Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, 2Institute of Reproductive Genetics, Anhui Medical University, 3Centro Experimental en Investigaciones Biomédica (CEIB), Campus Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Murcia, 4Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 'Virgen de la Arrixaca' University Clinical Hospital, 5Institute for Biomedical Research of Murcia, IMIB-Arrixaca, 6Anhui Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Biopreservation and Artificial Organs This manuscript describes the utility of ultrasound performed on female rats to design experimental models for reproductive and gynecological investigation. A step-by-step explanation of how to perform ultrasonographic evaluation is shown.
