Obstetric management of a woman's first delivery and the implications for pelvic floor surgery in later life

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1043-1046

  Uma, Ramalingam ^a   Libby, Gillian ^a   Murphy, Deirdre J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS SURGERY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TISSUE INJURY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PELVIC FLOOR; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROLAPSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 24344464396     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00641.x     Document Type: Article

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