Quantitative electromyography of the anal sphincter after uncomplicated vaginal delivery

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 327-335

  Gregory, W Thomas ^a,b   Lou, Jau Shin ^a   Stuyvesant, Amy ^a   Clark, Amanda L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; LACERATION; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NULLIPARA; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUDENDAL NERVE; PUERPERIUM; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANAL CANAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DELIVERY; INNERVATION; PARITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARITY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 4344694424     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000134527.07034.81     Document Type: Article

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