Assessment of the predictive value of a bowel symptom questionnaire in identifying perianal and anal sphincter trauma after vaginal delivery

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 742-747

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

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anal incontinence; Endoanal ultrasound; Female anal sphincter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INJURY; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037639953     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-6651-9     Document Type: Article

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