Pelvic floor trauma in childbirth

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 220-230

  Dietz, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

avulsion; birth trauma; female pelvic organ prolapse; levator ani; vaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

AVULSION INJURY; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FECES INCONTINENCE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LABOR STAGE 2; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MATERNAL AGE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NULLIPARA; PALPATION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SPLINTING; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; URINE INCONTINENCE; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PALPATION; PARTURITION; PELVIC FLOOR; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84878555695     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12059     Document Type: Review

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