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Types of Pelvic Floor Injury During Childbirth

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Pelvic floor dysfunction has a high incidence mainly in aging women. Parity and vaginal childbirth are strongly associated with pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence. Muscle injury, neurovascular injury and connective tissue remodeling may explain this association. In this chapter, the main mechanisms of injury are discussed, as well as the role of related risk factors, such as episiotomy, operative delivery and prolonged second stage of labor.

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  1. Section of Urogynecology and PFD, University of São Paulo, 255 Dr. Eneas de Carvalho Aguiar Av., Sao Paulo, 05403-000, Brazil

    Jorge Milhem Haddad PhD & Thais V. Peterson MD

  2. Gynecology Division, Section of Urogynecology and PFD, University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Lilian R. Fiorelli MD

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Haddad, J.M., Fiorelli, L.R., Peterson, T.V. (2017). Types of Pelvic Floor Injury During Childbirth. In: Doumouchtsis, S. (eds) Childbirth Trauma. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6711-2_7

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