Obstetric anal sphincter injury

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7764, 2010, Pages 140-145

  Abbott, Danielle ^a   Atere Roberts, Natalie ^b   Williams, Andrew ^a   Oteng Ntim, Eugene ^a   Chappell, Lucy C ^c  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANUS INJURY; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; CHILDBIRTH; ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ANAL CANAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAXATIVES; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE;

EID: 77954650027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c3414     Document Type: Review

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