Medical Illustration - A Pictorial Essay Visual Illustration of Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injuries (OASIS) Degrees of Severity, a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Obstetric anal sphincter injury affects about 5.7% of primiparous women who deliver vaginally. Perineal injury during childbirth is a common event with important morbidity associated with third-and-fourth degree perineal tears (also referred to as obstetric anal sphincter injuries—OASIS). As there w...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.
2024-06-01
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Series: | Journal of Coloproctology |
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Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0044-1787287 |