Role of elective cesarean section in prevention of pelvic floor disorders

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 318-323

  Koc, Onder ^a   Duran, Bulent ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

anal incontinence; Cesarean section; pelvic floor disorder; pelvic organ prolapsus; stress incontinence

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SURGICAL RISK; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PELVIC FLOOR DISORDERS; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PREGNANCY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84866354316     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: 1473656X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e3283573fcb     Document Type: Review

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