Perineal examination as a predictor of underlying external anal sphincter damage

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1009-1013

  Frudinger, Andrea ^a   Bartram, Clive I ^a   Spencer, John A D ^a   Kamm, Michael A ^a  

^a EALING HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EPISIOTOMY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; CICATRIX; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PERINEUM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUERPERAL DISORDERS;

EID: 0030799374     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb12058.x     Document Type: Article

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