Influence of the subpubic arch angle on anal sphincter trauma and anal incontinence following childbirth

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1207-1212

  Frudinger, Andrea ^a,b   Halligan, Steve ^a   Spencer, John A D ^a,c   Bartram, Clive I ^a   Kamm, Michael A ^a   Winter, Raimund ^b  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INJURY; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; PELVIC GIRDLE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBIC BONE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; COHORT STUDIES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBIC BONE; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036876652     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2002.01466.x     Document Type: Article

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