Prevalence and risk factors for anal incontinence after obstetric anal sphincter rupture

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 319-324

  Laine, Katariina ^a,b   Skjeldestad, Finn Egil ^c   Sanda, Birgitte ^a   Horne, Hildegunn ^a   Spydslaug, Anny ^a   Staff, Anne Cathrine ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anal sphincter; episiotomy; fecal incontinence; perineum; rupture; urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS SPHINCTER; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GAS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC ANAL SPHINCTER RUPTURE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952948946     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2010.01057.x     Document Type: Article

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