Risk factors for rupture of the anal sphincter

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-132

  Buchhave, Per ^a   Flatow, Lennart ^b   Rydhstroem, Hakan ^c   Thorbert, Gunnar ^d  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Central Hospital of Kalmar   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; RUPTURE; SWEDEN; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0032878964     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(99)00109-8     Document Type: Article

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