Do women notice the effect of childbirth-related pelvic floor trauma?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 277-281

  Dietz, Hans Peter ^a   Shek, Ka Lai ^a   Chantarasorn, Varisara ^a   Langer, Susanne E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avulsion; Birth trauma; Levator ani; Pelvic floor muscle; Prolapse; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CHILDBIRTH; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PERINEUM INJURY; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; TRANSLABIAL ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANUS DISEASES; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PARTURITION; PELVIC FLOOR DISORDERS; PERINEUM; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862553586     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2012.01432.x     Document Type: Article

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