First vaginal delivery at an older age: Does it carry an extra risk for the development of stress urinary incontinence?

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 779-782

  Groutz, Asnat ^a,b   Helpman, Limor ^a   Gold, Ronen ^a   Pauzner, David ^a   Lessing, Joseph B ^a   Gordon, David ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Elderly primiparae; Maternal age; Pregnancy; Stress urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIMIPARA; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR; STRESS INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 35148852340     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20414     Document Type: Article

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