Pelvic floor trauma: does the second baby matter?
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What harm does a second delivery to the pelvic floor?
OBJECTIVE To compare the pelvic floor function of primiparous women to women after a second delivery regarding symptoms of urinary and anal incontinence, anal sphincter ruptures and bladder-neck mobility. METHODS A questionnaire evaluating symptoms of urinary and anal incontinence was used in nulliparous women before and 27 months after childbirth. Furthermore these symptoms were correlated w...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0960-7692
DOI: 10.1002/uog.13252