The Controversial Role of Episiotomy
Ref n° Pts n° Selective MLE (4°DT%) Routine MLE (4°DT%) OR 5 181 0 5.6 0.12 6 2,606 1.2 1.5 0.78 7 698 6.6 6.6 1 8 881 0.45 0…
GYNECOLOGY
Genital Prolapse and Urinary Incontinence After Childbirth
Grade of recommendation Level of evidence Actions before pregnancy Stop smoking B 2 Age (<35 at pregnancy) A 2 Overweight reduction A 2 Actions during pregnancy Reducing constipation B…
Surgery for Urinary Incontinence and Prolapse Shortly After Childbirth
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Diego Riva and Gianfranco Minini (eds.)Childbirth-Related Pelvic Floor Dysfunction10.1007/978-3-319-18197-4_14 14. Surgery for Urinary Incontinence and Prolapse Shortly After Childbirth Luisa Ricci1 (1) Department of Obstetric and Gunecologic, Ospedale Montecchio E. (RE),…
Principles and Methods of Physiotherapy After Delivery
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Diego Riva and Gianfranco Minini (eds.)Childbirth-Related Pelvic Floor Dysfunction10.1007/978-3-319-18197-4_13 13. Principles and Methods of Physiotherapy After Delivery Simonetta Minoli1 (1) UOC di Medicina Riabilitativa, Centro di Riabilitazione “Villa Beretta” dell’Ospedale Valduce,…
Clinical Approach to the Evaluation of Pelvic Floor Dysfunctions
Fig. 4.1 e-PAQ-PF The questionnaires are largely designed as outcome measures and are most useful in a research setting. The benefit to the practitioner not in a research environment is…
A Computerized Model of Pelvic Floor Muscles Physiology During Delivery
Fig. 3.1 Finite element with four degrees of head flexion. The fetal head flexion ranges from poor (a), moderate (b), advanced (c) and complete (d) flexion (From Parente et al….
Perineal and Anal Sphincter Obstetric Injury
First degree: laceration of the vaginal epithelium or perineal skin only Second degree: involvement of the vaginal epithelium, perineal skin and perineal muscles but not the anal sphincter Third degree:…
Sexual Function After Delivery
, Anna Redaelli1, Ilaria Baini1 and Massimo Candiani1 (1) Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy Few studies have been carried out on post-partum sexual function; in fact, little…
Progesterone inhibits in vitro fetal membrane weakening
Objective Inflammation/infection and abruption are leading causes of preterm premature rupture of the membranes. Recently, we identified granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) as a critical mediator of both tumor necrosis factor-α–…
