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ArticleGeburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde2015

Is the Outcome Indicator "3rd/4th Degree Perineal Tear in Spontaneous Singleton Births" a Reliable Quality Parameter in Obstetrics?

H B G Franz, C W J Erxleben

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Article in Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

H B G FranzFrauenklinik Klinikum Braunschweig, Braunschweig.
C W J ErxlebenCharité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin.
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEKlinikum Braunschweig · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obstetric sphincter damage is the most common cause of fecal incontinence in women. Between one-third and two-thirds of women who sustain a recognized third-degree tear during delivery subsequently suffer from fecal incontinence. We should therefore try to reduce the rate of high-grade tears as much as possible. But this rate can only be used as an outcome indicator for the quality of obstetric departments if the recognition and classification of sphincter injury is similar across departments in different hospitals.

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deliveryexternal anal sphincterfecal incontinencequalitytear

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PMID25797957
PMCPMC4361166
OpenAlexW2053247727

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