Prevalence of anal sphincter injury in primiparous women

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 461-466

  Guzman Rojas R A ^a,b   Shek, K L ^a   Langer, S M ^a   Dietz, H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

3D 4D ultrasound; anal incontinence; anal sphincter; childbirth; fecal incontinence; obstetric anal sphincter injuries; transperineal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

3D/4D ULTRASOUND; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LABOR COMPLICATION; LACERATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC ANAL SPHINCTER INJURIES; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSPERINEAL ULTRASOUND; YOUNG ADULT; FECAL INCONTINENCE; LACERATIONS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS;

3D/4D ULTRASOUND; ANAL INCONTINENCE; ANAL SPHINCTER; CHILDBIRTH; FECAL INCONTINENCE; OBSTETRIC ANAL SPHINCTER INJURIES; TRANSPERINEAL ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884822152     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.12481     Document Type: Article

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