Levator ani muscle avulsion during childbirth: A risk prediction model

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 121, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1155-1163

  Van Delft, K ^a   Thakar, R ^a   Sultan, A H ^a   Schwertner Tiepelmann, N ^a   Kluivers, K ^b  

^a MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childbirth; incidence; levator ani avulsion; pelvic organ prolapse; risk prediction model; transperineal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABOR; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE AVULSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE INJURY; NOMOGRAM; NULLIPARA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

CHILDBIRTH; INCIDENCE; LEVATOR ANI AVULSION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; RISK PREDICTION MODEL; TRANSPERINEAL ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NOMOGRAMS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PELVIC FLOOR; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904793498     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12676     Document Type: Article

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