Does a second delivery increase the risk of anal incontinence?

British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 684-688

  Faltin, Daniel L ^a   Sangalli, Michel R ^a,b   Roche, Bruno ^a   Floris, Lucia ^a   Boulvain, Michel ^a   Weil, Antoine ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPARA; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWITZERLAND; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ANUS DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034894105     PISSN: 03065456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-5456(00)00185-6     Document Type: Article

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