Third-degree obstetric perineal tear: Long-term clinical and functional results after primary repair

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1433-1438

  Poen, A C ^a   Felt Bersma, R J F ^a   Strijers, R L M ^a   Dekker, G A ^a   Cuesta, M A ^a   Meuwissen, S G M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANOMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINEUM INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ANAL CANAL; ANUS DISEASES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUPTURE; SENSATION;

EID: 0031671542     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00858.x     Document Type: Article

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