Incontinence, bladder neck mobility, and sphincter ruptures in primiparous women

European Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 246-252

  Jundt, Katharina ^a   Scheer, I ^b   Schiessl, B ^a   Karl, K ^a   Friese, K ^a   Peschers, U M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Spitalzentrum Oberwallis ^*  (Switzerland)

^c Chirurgische Klinik Munchen Bogenhausen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anal incontinence; Childbirth; Levator ani muscle; Pelvic floor; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS; ARTICLE; BLADDER EMPTYING; BLADDER NECK; BLADDER RUPTURE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; PELVIS FLOOR; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; PRIMIPARA; PUERPERIUM; STRESS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; ULTRASOUND; URINE INCONTINENCE; VACUUM EXTRACTION; ANUS INJURY; ANUS SPHINCTER RUPTURE; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER NECK MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISIOTOMY; MATERNAL DISEASE; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 77954410962     PISSN: 09492321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2047-783x-15-6-246     Document Type: Article

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