Determinants of the length of episiotomy or spontaneous posterior perineal lacerations during vaginal birth

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 395-400

  Rizk, Diaa E ^a   Abadir, Mary N ^b   Thomas, Letha B ^a   Abu Zidan, Fikri ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Episiotomy; Genital hiatus; Length; Perineal lacerations; Perineum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; LABOR; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEASUREMENT; OBSTETRICS; PARITY; PERINEUM INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 27244447405     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-004-1273-2     Document Type: Article

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