Obstetrical situations with a high risk of anal sphincter laceration in vacuum-assisted deliveries

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 862-868

  Rognant, Sigolene ^a   Benoist, Guillaume ^a   Creveuil, Christian ^a   Dreyfus, Michel ^a  

^a CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Anal sphincter; Complication; Delivery; Labor; Obstetrics; Risk factor; Vacuum extraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR; LACERATION; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPARA; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NULLIPARA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERUS FUNDUS HEIGHT; VACUUM ASSISTED DELIVERY;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL;

EID: 84862867089     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2012.01401.x     Document Type: Article

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