Vaginal childbirth and pelvic floor disorders

Women's Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 265-277

  Memon, Hafsa U ^a   Handa, Victoria L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

levator ani muscle injury; prolapse; urinary incontinence; vaginal childbirth

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; BIRTH INJURY; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DENERVATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPISIOTOMY; FECES INCONTINENCE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LABOR STAGE; MATERNAL AGE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARITY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PERINEUM; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STRESS INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84877264194     PISSN: 17455057     EISSN: 17455065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/whe.13.17     Document Type: Review

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