The natural history of levator avulsion one year following childbirth: A prospective study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1266-1273

  Van Delft, K W M ^a   Thakar, R ^a   Sultan, A H ^a   Inthout, J ^b   Kluivers, K B ^b  

^a MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPH; ECHOGRAPHY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; ICIQ (INCONTINENCE); LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE AVULSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NULLIPARA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PELVIC FLOOR DISORDER; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEXUAL FUNCTION; TRANSPERINEAL ECHOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ANAL CANAL; BIRTH; FECAL INCONTINENCE; INJURIES; LABOR COMPLICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC FLOOR DISORDERS; PELVIS FLOOR; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARTURITION; PELVIC FLOOR; PELVIC FLOOR DISORDERS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84937973421     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13223     Document Type: Review

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