Can pelvic floor injury secondary to delivery be prevented?

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-173

  Lavy, Yuval ^a   Sand, Peter K ^b   Kaniel, Chava I ^a   Hochner Celnikier, Drorith ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Mode of delivery; Pelvic floor damage

Indexed keywords

ANTENATAL PERINEAL MASSAGE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPISIOTOMY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; MASSAGE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBESITY; OBSTETRICS; PARITY; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PERINEUM INJURY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; VAGINAL DELIVERY; CEPHALOMETRY; FETUS; HISTOLOGY; INJURY; LABOR STAGE 2; PELVIS FLOOR; PREGNANCY; TIME;

CEPHALOMETRY; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; PARITY; PELVIC FLOOR; PELVIC FLOOR DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861214140     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: 14333023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-011-1530-0     Document Type: Review

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