A comparison of the long-term consequences of vaginal delivery versus caesarean section on the prevalence, severity and bothersomeness of urinary incontinence subtypes: A national cohort study in primiparous women

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1548-1555

  Gyhagen, M ^a   Bullarbo, M ^a,b   Nielsen, T F ^a,b   Milsom, I ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Section of Rheumatology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bothersomeness; caesarean section; epidemiology; mixed urinary incontinence; severity; stress urinary incontinence; urge urinary incontinence; vaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOTHERSOMENESS; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INCONTINENCE; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PREVALENCE; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URGE INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BOTHERSOMENESS; CAESAREAN SECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIXED URINARY INCONTINENCE; SEVERITY; STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE; URGE URINARY INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BODY MASS INDEX; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARITY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URINARY INCONTINENCE, URGE;

EID: 84886913795     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12367     Document Type: Article

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