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Incontinence Following Rupture of the Anal Sphincter During Delivery

Obstetrics and GynecologyPublished 1 October 1993
LISA A. CRAWFORD, ELISABETH H. QUINT, Michael L. Pearl, JOHN O. L. DeLANCEY
Citations144
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score1.97
SNIP2.22

TL;DR

Incontinence of flatus was reported six times more often by women who experienced a third‐ or fourth‐degree perineal laceration than by those without anal sphincter rupture.

Abstract

Incontinence of flatus was reported six times more often by women who experienced a third- or fourth-degree perineal laceration than by those without anal sphincter rupture.

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Medicine