منابع مشابه
Midline episiotomy and anal incontinence: retrospective cohort study.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relation between midline episiotomy and postpartum anal incontinence. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study with three study arms and six months of follow up. SETTING University teaching hospital. PARTICIPANTS Primiparous women who vaginally delivered a live full term, singleton baby between 1 August 1996 and 8 February 1997: 209 who received an episiotomy; 206 who d...
متن کاملAnal incontinence, urinary incontinence and sexual problems in primiparous women – a comparison between women with episiotomy only and women with episiotomy and obstetric anal sphincter injury
BACKGROUND Obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIS) might cause anal incontinence (AI) and sexual dysfunction, and might be associated with urinary incontinence (UI). Episiotomy has been identified both as a risk and a protective factor of OASIS. Lately, episiotomies with specific characteristics have shown to be protective against the risk of OASIS. However, little is known about episiotomy c...
متن کاملEpisiotomy and the development of postpartum dyspareunia and anal incontinence in nulliparous females.
OBJECTIVE The impacts of an episiotomy on a woman's sex life and ability to relax the pelvic musculature remain largely unknown. The aim of the present study was to assess the impact of an episiotomy on the development of postpartum dyspareunia and anal incontinence. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 200 patients participated in the present study. The patients were grouped as follows: vaginal ...
متن کاملAnal Incontinence and Obstetric Anal Sphincter Tears
PURPOSE: To evaluate the prevalence of anal incontinence (AI) in primiparous women five years after their first delivery; to investigate if an 8-12 hour time delay of primary repair affects AI at 1-year follow-up; to study the association between endoanal ultrasonography and anorectal manometry in relation to AI in primiparous women; to evaluate whether an endoanal ultrasonographic derived sphi...
متن کاملAnal incontinence after childbirth.
BACKGROUND Incontinence of stool and flatus are frequent complications of childbirth. We examined the prevalence and possible causes of these adverse outcomes in a large cohort of women. METHODS We studied 949 pregnant women who gave birth in 5 hospitals in 1995/96 in the province of Quebec. These women, participants in a randomized controlled trial of prenatal perineal massage, completed a s...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0959-8138
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.320.7249.1601