Preserving the pelvic floor and perineum during childbirth–elective caesarean section?

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 731-734

  Sultan, Abdul H ^a   Stanton, Stuart L ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PELVIS FLOOR; PERINEUM INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WOUND INFECTION;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIC FLOOR; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; SAFETY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 0029744886     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1996.tb09864.x     Document Type: Note

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