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Management of first delivery influences later surgery risk.(Obstetrics)
Cesarean section in a first pregnancy may reduce a woman's risk of having pelvic floor surgery later in life, reported Ramalingam Uma, M.B., and colleagues at the University of Dundee, Scotland.
The researchers said their study was prompted by the increasing attention to pelvic floor morbidity following childbirth, and by indications that cesarean section may be protective against damage to the pelvic floor support structures and impairment of pelvic floor innervation that can occur during vaginal delivery.
The nested case-control study of first-time mothers was drawn from a population of 7,556 women who had given birth in the hospital between 1952 and 1966. Of these women, 5% underwent pelvic floor surgery in later years (BJOG 2005;112:1043-6).
On univariate analysis, cesarean section (odds ratio 0.24) and greater gestational age at birth (OR 0.20) were associated with a reduced risk of pelvic floor surgery, compared with spontaneous ...
- Comprehensive Approach to Pelvic Floor Surgery.
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News KOOYMAN, JILL D. December 1, 2000 700+ words
WASHINGTON -- Treatment of pelvic floor dysfunction should not be undertaken...working under the concept that the pelvic floor is one functional entity comprised...walls or septi. As a result, any pelvic floor neuropathies that develop will...
- Pelvic floor disorders don't require activity restrictions.(Women's Health)
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Worcester, Sharon January 15, 2006 700+ words
...preventing the progression or recurrence of pelvic floor disorders are unwarranted, results of...are often restricted in patients with pelvic floor disorders and in those who undergo pelvic floor surgery, because there is concern that the activities...
- Pelvic floor exercises: urinary incontinence affects women of all ages and many...
- Magazine article from: Practice Nurse O'Connell, Nicola Bardsley, Alison April 26, 2002 700+ words
...may prevent problems after the birth * Pelvic floor exercises are often poorly taught and ineffectively carried out * It is best if pelvic floor exercises are incorporated into various...activities There is a common belief that pelvic floor muscles weaken due to ageing and that...
- Pelvic floor disorders affect about 1 in 4 women.
- Magazine article from: Contraceptive Technology Update December 1, 2008 700+ words
Pelvic floor disorders affect about 1 in 4 women...women are affected with one or more pelvic floor disorders, report researchers funded...a nationally representative sample. Pelvic floor disorders occur when the pelvic muscles...
- Pelvic floor muscle training for prevention of female urinary incontinence.
- Magazine article from: New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy Hay-Smith, Jean July 1, 2003 700+ words
...Morkved S, Bo K, Schei B, Salvesen KA. Pelvic floor muscle training during pregnancy to...treatment arms, (a) intensive antenatal pelvic floor muscle training, and (b) standard...women received individual instruction in pelvic floor anatomy, and had a correct pelvic ...
- The Pelvic Floor: Its Function and Disorders.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Gut Denis, P. March 1, 2003 700+ words
...least 10 specialities which concern pelvic floor disorders. Each chapter is written...concerning the clinical problems of the pelvic floor, associating the anterior and posterior...was entitled Coloproctology and the Pelvic Floor--coloproctology has disappeared from...
- Media Release: Pelvic Floor Excercise.
- News wire article from: MediaNet Press Release Wire August 6, 2006 700+ words
...incontinence, and one of its main causes - a weak pelvic floor - is something that is rarely spoken about openly Linda McClelland, founder of Australia's only pelvic floor shop Pelvic Floor Exercise (www.pelvicfloorexercise.com...
- Biofeedback for pelvic floor dysfunction in constipation.(Clinical Review)
- Magazine article from: British Medical Journal Bassotti, G Chistolini, F Sietchiping-Nzepa, F de Roberto, G Morelli, A Chiarioni, G February 14, 2004 700+ words
Pelvic floor dyssynergia is one of the commonest...about two thirds of patients with pelvic floor dyssynergia should benefit from biofeedback...This paradoxical contraction of the pelvic floor muscles during straining at defecation...
- GP CLINICAL: Pelvic floor exercises for ED.(erectile dysfunction)
- Magazine article from: GP Dorey, Grace October 20, 2003 700+ words
...erectile dysfunction, says Dr Grace Dorey Pelvic floor exercises are significantly effective...groups. The intervention group received pelvic floor muscle exercises enhanced by biofeedback...group had failed to improve, while the pelvic floor exercise group showed significant ...
- Care of the pelvic floor during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.(Pregnancy and...
- Newspaper article from: Special Delivery Silva, Alicia September 22, 2005 700+ words
...conveyed to pregnant women, often underemphasized is how to properly care for the pelvic floor during the childbearing year and beyond. The Pelvic Floor The pelvic floor is a supporting structure for the pelvic and abdominal organs, including the...
