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The effects of birth on urinary continence mechanisms and other pelvic-floor characteristics.
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Substantial bladder neck hypermobility was present together with diminished functional urethral length and intravaginal and intra-anal pressures, and only 22% of patients with stress urinary incontinence during pregnancy had suchincontinence after delivery.About:
This article is published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.The article was published on 1998-10-01. It has received 262 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Urinary incontinence & Neck of urinary bladder.read more
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Prevalence and persistence of health problems after childbirth: associations with parity and method of birth.
TL;DR: Health problems commonly occurred after childbirth with some resolution over the 6 months postpartum, and some important differences in prevalence of health problems were evident when parity and method of birth were considered.
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Pelvic floor muscle training for prevention and treatment of urinary and faecal incontinence in antenatal and postnatal women
TL;DR: The effectiveness of pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) in the prevention or treatment of urinary and faecal incontinence in pregnant or postnatal women is determined and it is uncertain whether antenatal PFMT in incontinent women decreases incontaining in late pregnancy.
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Parity, Mode of Delivery, and Pelvic Floor Disorders
TL;DR: The risk of pelvic floor disorders is independently associated with vaginal delivery but not with parity alone, and Cesarean delivery has a protective effect, similar to nulliparity, on the development of pelvicfloor disorders when compared with vaginal Delivery.
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Pelvic floor muscle training during pregnancy to prevent urinary incontinence: a single-blind randomized controlled trial.
TL;DR: According to numbers needed to treat, intensive pelvic floor muscle training during pregnancy prevented urinary incontinence in about one in six women during pregnancy and one in eight women after delivery.
Parity, mode of delivery, and pelvic floor disorders
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assessed the associations between parity, mode of delivery, and pelvic floor disorders and found that the risk of pelvic floor disorder is independently associated with vaginal delivery but not with parity alone, while there were no significant differences in the prevalence of disorders between the cesarean delivery and nulliparous groups.
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Anal-sphincter disruption during vaginal delivery
TL;DR: The incidence of damage to the anal sphincter and the relation of injury to symptoms, anorectal physiologic function, and the mode of delivery was sought to determine.
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Prevalence of urinary incontinence.
TL;DR: The prevalence of urinary incontinence was investigated by determining the number of incontinent patients under the care of various health and social service agencies in two London boroughs and by a postal survey of the 22 430 people aged 5 years and over on the practice lists of 12 general practitioners in different parts of the country.
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Anal-Sphincter Disruption During Vaginal Delivery
TL;DR: There was a strong association between sphincter defects and the development of bowel symptoms, and these defects are common after vaginal delivery, especially forceps delivery, and are often associated with disturbance of bowel function.
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Prevalence, Incidence and Correlates of Urinary Incontinence in Healthy, Middle-Aged Women
Kathryn L. Burgio,Kathryn L. Burgio,Karen A. Matthews,Karen A. Matthews,Bernard T. Engel,Bernard T. Engel +5 more
TL;DR: The results indicate that urinary incontinence is common among middle-aged women and that few seek treatment suggests a need for more information about women's attitudes toward incontinentity and more attention to this problem by health care providers.
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Reported prevalence of urinary incontinence in women in a general practice
TL;DR: Urinary incontinence was significantly associated with perineal suturing after childbirth, and postnatal exercises for the pelvic floor were not beneficial, while the 6% of women who always require protection against leakage could be helped by treatment.