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01-06-2009 | Editorial

Minimizing the risk of childbirth-induced pelvic floor dysfunctions in the developing word: “preventive” urogynecology

Author: Diaa E. E. Rizk

Published in: International Urogynecology Journal | Issue 6/2009

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“The complete protection of the perineum has undoubtedly remained a weak spot in our art” Ferdinand A.M.F. von Ritgen¹, 1855.

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German obstetrician (1787–1867) who described the Ritgen maneuver: delivery of a child’s head by pressure on the perineum while controlling the speed of delivery by pressure with the other hand on the head.

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Title: Minimizing the risk of childbirth-induced pelvic floor dysfunctions in the developing word: “preventive” urogynecology
Author: Diaa E. E. Rizk
Publication date: 01-06-2009
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: International Urogynecology Journal / Issue 6/2009
Print ISSN: 0937-3462
Electronic ISSN: 1433-3023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-009-0891-0

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