Obstetric anal sphincter injury risk factors and the role of the mediolateral episiotomy

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-20

  Twidale, Emily ^a   Cornell, Kristin ^a   Litzow, Nicholas ^b   Hotchin, Anne ^c  

^a MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^b WESTERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c BARWON HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

episiotomy; labour complications; obstetric anal sphincter injury; risk factors; third and fourth degree tears

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIOLATERAL EPISIOTOMY; NULLIPARA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC ANAL SPHINCTER INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ANAL CANAL; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 84874053888     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2012.01483.x     Document Type: Article

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