Risk factors associated with anal sphincter tear difference among midwife, private obstetrician, and resident deliveries

International Urogynecology Journal and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1141-1144

  Sze, Eddie H M ^a,b   Ciarleglio, Maria ^a,b   Hobbs, Gerry ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Midwives; Obstetricians; Residents; Sphincter tear

Indexed keywords

ANAL CANAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LABOR COMPLICATION; LACERATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDWIFE; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANAL CANAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LACERATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 58149252482     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: 14333023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-008-0600-4     Document Type: Article

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