Cesarean delivery for the prevention of anal incontinence

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Nelson, Richard L ^a   Furner, Sylvia E ^a   Westercamp, Matthew ^a   Farquhar, Cindy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FECES INCONTINENCE; FLATULENCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NUMBERS NEEDED TO TREAT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VAGINAL DELIVERY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; PREGNANCY;

CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77950960687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006756.pub2     Document Type: Review

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