The ritgen maneuver: Another sacred cow questioned

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 210-211

  Cunningham, F Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAL CANAL; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LACERATION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PREGNANCY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR STAGE 2; LABOR SUPPORT; OBSTETRICS; PERINEUM INJURY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RITGEN MANEUVER; TECHNIQUE; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANAL CANAL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 51649114093     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318182a8d3     Document Type: Editorial

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