Postpartum sexual functioning and its relationship to perineal trauma: A retrospective cohort study of primiparous women

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 881-890

  Signorello, Lisa B ^a,b,c   Harlow, Bernard L ^a,b,c   Chekos, Amy K ^a,b,c   Repke, John T ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Dyspareunia; Episiotomy; Perineum; Pregnancy; Sex disorders; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDBIRTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INSTRUMENTATION; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGASM; PARITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINEUM INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RISK; SENSATION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TIME; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0035056236     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2001.113855     Document Type: Conference Paper

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