Obstetric-induced incontinence: A black hole of preventable morbidity? An 'alternative' opinion

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 86-90

  Homer, Caroline ^a   Dahlen, Hannah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPISIOTOMY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; LABOR; MASSAGE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNITY WARD; MIDWIFE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OBESITY; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERINEUM INJURY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINE INCONTINENCE; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EPISIOTOMY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 33847790133     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2007.00692.x     Document Type: Article

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