Severe perineal lacerations during vaginal delivery: The University of Miami experience

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1083-1085

  Angioli, Roberto ^a,b   Gómez Marín, Orlando ^a,b   Cantuaria, Guilherme ^a   O'Sullivan, Mary J ^a  

^a JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Episiotomy; Forceps; Perineal lacerations; Vacuum; Vaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COUNSELING; EPISIOTOMY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PERINEUM INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 0034048083     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2000.105403     Document Type: Article

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