Anal incontinence after anal sphincter disruption: A 30-year retrospective cohort study

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 896-901

  Nygaard, Ingrid E ^a   Rao, Satish S C ^b   Dawson, Jeffrey D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISIOTOMY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ANAL CANAL; COHORT STUDIES; EPISIOTOMY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030979243     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(97)00119-1     Document Type: Article

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