Preventing pelvic floor injury at birth.

Am J Obstet Gynecol

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

Published: October 2024

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