Incidence and obstetric risk factors of postpartum anal incontinence

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 315-318

  Groutz, Asnat ^a   Fait, G ^a   Lessing, J B ^a   David, M P ^a   Wolman, I ^a   Jaffa, A ^a   Gordon, D ^a  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anal incontinence; Labor; Risk factors; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPISIOTOMY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE INJURY; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR; STRESS INCONTINENCE; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0032959864     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365529950173753     Document Type: Article

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