Obstetric trauma, pelvic floor injury and fecal incontinence: A population-based case-control study

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 902-911

  Bharucha, Adil E ^a   Fletcher, J G ^a   Melton III, L Joseph ^a   Zinsmeister, Alan R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DEFECATION HABIT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPISIOTOMY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERNAL SPHINCTER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC TRAUMA; PELVIC FLOOR INJURY; PELVIS FLOOR; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM INJURY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEFECATION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EPISIOTOMY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PELVIC FLOOR; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861848019     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2012.45     Document Type: Article

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