Incidence of obstetric anal sphincter injuries after training to protect the perineum: Cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Laine, Katariina ^a,b   Skjeldestad, Finn Egil ^c   Sandvik, Leiv ^d   Staff, Anne Cathrine ^a,b  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; OBSTETRIC ANUS SPHINCTER INJURY; PARITY; PERINEAL CARE; PERINEAL PROTECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA;

EID: 84869826264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001649     Document Type: Article

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