Postpartum recovery of levator hiatus and bladder neck mobility in relation to pregnancy

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 531-539

  Stær Jensen, Jette ^a   Siafarikas, Franziska ^a   Hilde, Gunvor ^a   Benth, Jurate Saltyte ^a   BØ, Kari ^a   Engh, Marie Ellström ^a  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; CESAREAN SECTION; CONVALESCENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PELVIS FLOOR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; PUERPERIUM; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VALSALVA MANEUVER; DELIVERY; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PARITY; PELVIC FLOOR; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923583151     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000000645     Document Type: Article

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