Episiotomy

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 957-962

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ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; BLEEDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DYSPAREUNIA; EPISIOTOMY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LABOR STAGE 2; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PERINEUM INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; BIRTH INJURY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY; GYNECOLOGY; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

BIRTH INJURIES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646095505     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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