Does mediolateral episiotomy decrease central defects of the anterior vaginal wall?

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 285, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 411-415

  Cam, Cetin ^a   Asoglu, Mehmet Resit ^a   Selcuk, Selcuk ^a   Aran, Turan ^a   Tug, Niyazi ^a   Karateke, Ates ^a  

^a Zeynep Kamil Maternity Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Central defect; Episiotomy; Mediolateral episiotomy; Pelvic prolapse

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR VAGINAL WALL DEFECT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPISIOTOMY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDIOLATERAL EPISIOTOMY; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PELVIS INJURY; PREMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SYMPTOM; URETHRA DISEASE; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EPISIOTOMY; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PELVIC FLOOR DISORDERS; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINARY BLADDER, OVERACTIVE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; VAGINA;

EID: 84864475054     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-011-1965-z     Document Type: Article

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