Alteration of anal sphincter morphology following vaginal delivery revealed by multiplanar anal endosonography

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 942-946

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

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MANOMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; PERINEUM INJURY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ANAL CANAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; HISTOLOGY; LABOR; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANAL CANAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036673039     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2002.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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