The impact of occiput posterior fetal head position on the risk of anal sphincter injury in forceps-assisted vaginal deliveries

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 192, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 1702-1706

  Benavides, Lorena ^a   Wu, Jennifer M ^a   Hundley, Andrew F ^a   Ivester, Thomas S ^a   Visco, Anthony G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal incontinence; Anal sphincter injury; Forceps assisted vaginal delivery; Occiput posterior position; Operative vaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FORCEPS; HEAD; HUMAN; INJURY; LACERATION; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; LABOR PRESENTATION; LACERATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBSTETRICAL FORCEPS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 20644436923     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.11.047     Document Type: Article

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