Anal sphincter tears: Prospective study of obstetric risk factors

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 926-931

  Samuelsson, E ^a   Ladfors, L ^a   Wennerholm, U B ^a   Gareberg B ^a   Nyberg, K ^b   Hagberg, H ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DELIVERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TIME; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE;

EID: 0034130915     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb11093.x     Document Type: Article

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