Morbidity experienced by women before and after operative vaginal delivery: Prospective cohort study nested within a two-centre randomised controlled trial of restrictive versus routine use of episiotomy

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1020-1027

  Macleod, M ^a   Goyder, K ^b   Howarth, L ^b   Bahl, R ^b   Strachan, B ^b   Murphy, D J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Episiotomy; operative vaginal delivery; pelvic floor morbidity; RCT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; EPISIOTOMY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPERATIVE VAGINAL DELIVERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTPARTUM PAIN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS INCONTINENCE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; URGE INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; LACERATION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NOTE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84879232103     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12184     Document Type: Article

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