Risk of Spontaneous Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury Following Non-Operative Vaginal Delivery in a High-Risk Cohort

R I Med J (2013). 2023 Mar 1;106(2):43-44.

Authors

Brock E Polnaszek¹, Valery A Danilack², Phinnara Has¹, Melissa Russo¹, Maureen Hamel¹, Methodius G Tuuli¹, David A Savitz¹, Adam K Lewkowitz¹

Affiliations

¹ Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Women & Infants Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island.
² ale School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

PMID: 36848543
PMCID: PMC10408132

No abstract available

Keywords: morbidity; obstetric anal sphincter injuries; pregnancy.

MeSH terms

Anal Canal* / injuries
Female
Humans
Parturition*
Pregnancy

Grants and funding

R01 HD077592/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States