Prospective study to assess risk factors for pelvic floor dysfunction after delivery

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-318

  Serati, Maurizio ^a   Salvatore, Stefano ^a   Khullar, Vik ^b   Uccella, Stefano ^a   Bertelli, Evelina ^a   Ghezzi, Fabio ^a   Bolis, Pierfrancesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anal incontinence; Labour; Pelvic floor dysfunction; Sexual dysfunction; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DYSPAREUNIA; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIC FLOOR; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 39849088550     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340801899008     Document Type: Article

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