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Risk factors for obstetric anal sphincter injury: an exploratory Norwegian regional cohort study including amniotomy as a potential novel determinant [PDF]

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background Obstetric anal sphincter injury refers to the unintended tearing of the anal sphincter and/or rectal mucosa during vaginal delivery, a complication associated with significant morbidity.
Ida Elisabeth Bang, Kjersti Sletten Bakken, Mads Nikolaj Holten-Andersen   +2 more
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Overdiagnosis and rising rate of obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIS): time for reappraisal [PDF]

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2017
OBJECTIVES: To identify the accuracy of clinically diagnosed OASIS using 3D endoanal ultrasound and compare symptoms and anal manometry measurements between those whose anal sphincters were adequately repaired to those who had persistent anal sphincter ...
Andrews, Andrews, Dietz, Ekéus, Faltin, Fernando, Fitzpatrick, Fynes, Groom, Gurol-Urganci, Hool, Igawa, Jha, Karmarkar, Mahony, Nichols, Norderval, Norderval, Roos, Roos, Roos, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Santoro, Scheer, Schizas, Shek, Soerensen, Sultan, Sultan, Sultan, Sultan, Sultan, Sultan, Sultan, Sultan, Sultan, Sultan, Thakar, Thakar, Vaccaro, Vaizey, Valsky, Williams, Williams   +43 more
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Assessment of normal anal sphincter anatomy using transanal ultrasonography in healthy Korean volunteers: a retrospective observational study [PDF]

Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science, 2022
Background To date, there have been no studies on the normal anatomic values of the anal sphincter in healthy Koreans. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the normal anatomic values of transanal ultrasonography (TAUS).
Daeho Shon, Sohyun Kim, Sung Il Kang
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Functional Assessment of Anal Sphincter with Transperineal Ultrasound and Its Relationship to Anal Continence [PDF]

Diagnostics
Background/Objectives: Anal incontinence is linked to pelvic floor dysfunction. Diagnosis involves assessing both the function and structure of the anorectal unit.
Yaman Degirmenci, Joscha Steetskamp, Roxana Schwab, Annette Hasenburg, Markus Schepers, Ina Shehaj, Christine Skala   +6 more
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Can the risk of obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIs) be predicted using a risk-scoring system? [PDF]

BMC Research Notes, 2014
BACKGROUND: Perineal trauma involving the anal sphincter is an important complication of vaginal delivery. Prediction of anal sphincter injuries may improve the prevention of anal sphincter injuries.
Beggs, AD, McPherson, KC, Sultan, AH, Thakar, R   +3 more
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Comparative efficacy of Pirfenidone and Meloxicam on early radiotherapy-induced anal sphincter dysfunction in rats [PDF]

Frontiers in Pharmacology
BackgroundRadiation therapy, integral to pelvic tumor management, impacts over half of all cancer patients and may lead to anal sphincter dysfunction due to inflammatory responses and chronic fibrotic remodeling in irradiated tissues.
Dragoș Viorel Scripcariu, Cezar Cătălin Caratașu, Mitică Ciorpac, Teodora Alexa-Stratulat, Andrei Szilagyi, Cristian Răzvan Buga, Bogdan Ionuţ Dobrovăț, Bogdan Ionuţ Dobrovăț, Lucian Eva, Andrei Daniel Timofte, Ludmila Lozneanu, Irina-Draga Căruntu, Radu Iliescu, Bogdan Ionel Tamba   +13 more
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Anal Sphincter Injury

Annals of Surgery, 1984
The surgical management of a consecutive series of 97 patients with complete division of the anal sphincter musculature is reported. The sphincter damage followed operative, traumatic, or obstetric injury and resulted in frank fecal incontinence or the urgent necessity of a defunctioning colostomy.
G G, Browning, R W, Motson
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Medical Illustration - A Pictorial Essay Visual Illustration of Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injuries (OASIS) Degrees of Severity, a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words [PDF]

Journal of Coloproctology
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 ...
Abdugadir M. Abdulrahman
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Anal sphincter injury

, 2023
Khalid Alhusseiny, Daniel Bell, Henry Knipe   +2 more
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Clinical Grade of Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injuries and Prediction of Mode of Birth Recommendations: A 20-Year Retrospective Analysis. [PDF]

BJOG
Okeahialam NA, Thakar R, Sultan AH.
europepmc   +2 more sources