Faecal incontinence after vaginal delivery

Urinary incontinence after vaginal delivery or cesarean section.

OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of stress urinary incontinence, urge incontinence and mixed urinary incontinence among women residing in the city of Jundiaí (São Paulo, Brazil), and the relation between the type of incontinence and the obstetric history of these women. METHODS A cross-sectional community-based study was conducted. A total of 332 women were interviewed; they were seen for w...

No Need to Determine Hematocrit Routinly after Vaginal Delivery

براساس پیشنهاد  کالج متخصصین زنان و زایمان آمریکا اندازه گیری هموگلوبین و هماتوکریت جزء مراقبتهای روتین مامایی در بسیاری از بیمارستانهای ایالات متحده می باشد.هر چند که در حال حاضر به دلیل خطر بالای عفونتهای منتقله از خون استفاده از تزریق خون کاهش یافته و اندازه گیری هماتوکریت بطور روتین پس از زایمان نیز بایستی مجددا مورد بررسی قرار گیرد.

Surgery for Faecal Incontinence

Levator trauma after vaginal delivery.

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 include...

Prevalence of faecal incontinence.

SIR—Our paper on the prevalence of faecal incontinence [1] was published after Edwards and Jones’ similar study was accepted for publication in Age and Ageing [2]. Readers might therefore be interested in our findings which were not discussed in Edwards and Jones’ paper. The Tipping the Balance study included over 1600 interviews with people over 70 [3]. They were asked specific questions about...