Anal Sphincter Damage After Vaginal Delivery Using Three‐Dimensional Endosonography

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 770-775

  Williams, A B ^a   Bartram, C I ^a   Halligan, S ^a   Spencer, J A ^b   Nicholls, R J ^b   Kmiot, W A ^b  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DELIVERY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; LABOR COMPLICATION; MANOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONDON; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035347295     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006250-200105000-00024     Document Type: Article

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