Anal incontinence after vaginal delivery: A five-year prospective cohort study

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1397-1402

  Pollack, Johan ^a   Nordenstam, Johan ^a   Brismar, Sophia ^a   Lopez, Annika ^a   Altman, Daniel ^a   Zetterstrom, Jan ^a  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; VAGINAL DELIVERY; DELIVERY; PUERPERAL DISORDER; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16244402295     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000147597.45349.e8     Document Type: Article

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