Perineal body length among different racial groups in the first stage of labor

Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 165-167

  Tsai, Pai Jong Stacy ^a   Oyama, Ian A ^a   Hiraoka, Mark ^a   Minaglia, Steven ^a   Thomas, Jennifer ^a   Kaneshiro, Bliss ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Perineal body length; Perineal laceration; Race

Indexed keywords

PERINEAL BODY LENGTH; PERINEAL LACERATION; RACE; RACIAL VARIATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DELIVERY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; LABOR STAGE 1; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EPISIOTOMY; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84860844594     PISSN: 21518378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SPV.0b013e318255b096     Document Type: Article

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