Pelvic floor disorders after vaginal birth: Effect of episiotomy, perineal laceration, and operative birth

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 233-239

  Handa, Victoria L ^a   Blomquist, Joan L ^a   McDermott, Kelly C ^a   Friedman, Sarah ^a   Muñoz, Alvaro ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPISIOTOMY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; HYMEN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PERINEUM INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; EPISIOTOMY; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PELVIC FLOOR DISORDERS; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PERINEUM; RISK FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER, OVERACTIVE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856416087     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318240df4f     Document Type: Article

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