Effect of vaginal delivery on the anal sphincters;Consequences de l'accouchement sur les sphincters de l'anus

Presse Medicale

Volumn 27, Issue 33, 1998, Pages 1702-1706

  Bourguignon, J ^a   Bauer, P ^a   Atienza, P ^a  

^a Hopital des Diaconesses   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; NERVE LESION; PUDENDAL NERVE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPHINCTEROPLASTY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ANAL CANAL; FEMALE; INJURY; LABOR COMPLICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY;

ANAL CANAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032585214     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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