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Levator Trauma After Vaginal Delivery
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OBJECTIVE: To date, the evidence on pelvic floor injury in labor remains sketchy due to a lack of prospective studies comparing pelvic floor imaging before and after childbirth. We intended to define the incidence of major trauma to the pubovisceral muscle. METHODS: A total of 61 nulliparous women were seen at 36-40 weeks of gestation in a prospective observational study. The assessment included an interview and 3-dimensional translabial ultrasound and was repeated 2-6 months postpartum. RESULTS: Fifty women (82%) were seen postpartum. Of the 39 women delivered vaginally, levator avulsion was diagnosed in 14 (36%, 95% confidence interval 21-51%). Among those delivered vaginally, there were associations with higher maternal age (P = .10), vaginal operative delivery (P = .07), and worsened stress incontinence postpartum (P = .02). CONCLUSIONS: Avulsion of the inferomedial aspects of the levator ani from the pelvic sidewall occurred in approximately one third of all women delivered vaginally and was associated with stress incontinence 3 months after childbirth.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Dietz, H. P., & Lanzarone, V.
- Venue
- Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Published
- 2005-10
- Volume
- 106
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 707-712
- ISSN
- 0029-7844 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2085332687
- Cited by
- 553
- References
- 14
- FWCI
- 10.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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