The relationship between postpartum levator ani muscle avulsion and signs and symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 121, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1164-1172

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

^a MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childbirth; incontinence; levator ani avulsion; pelvic floor dysfunction; pelvic organ prolapse; transperineal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE AVULSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PELVIC FLOOR DISORDER; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE STRENGTH; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TRANSPERINEAL ULTRASOUND; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ANUS SPHINCTER; AVULSION INJURY; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM;

CHILDBIRTH; INCONTINENCE; LEVATOR ANI AVULSION; PELVIC FLOOR DYSFUNCTION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; TRANSPERINEAL ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PELVIC FLOOR; PELVIC FLOOR DISORDERS; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84904793614     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12666     Document Type: Article

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