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Risk of obstetric anal sphincter injury increases with maternal age irrespective of parity: a population-based register study

BACKGROUND: Obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASI) is a rare but serious outcome of vaginal birth. Based on concerns about the increasing number of women who commence childbearing later than previous generation, this study aimed at investigating age-related risk of OASI in women of different parity....

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Autores principales: Waldenström, Ulla, Ekéus, Cecilia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5602858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28915858
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-017-1473-7