Immediate repair of obstetric anal sphincter rupture: Medium-term outcome of the overlap technique

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1358-1363

  Kairaluoma, Matti V ^a   Raivio, Pirkko ^a   Aarnio, Markku T ^a   Kellokumpu, Ilmo H ^a  

^a JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Incontinence; Obstetric; Overlap; Primary repair; Sphincter repair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ANUS SPHINCTER RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HUMAN; OBSTETRICS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVERLAP SPHINCTEROPLASTY; REOPERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPHINCTEROPLASTY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4444284315     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0596-x     Document Type: Article

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