2014
DOI: 10.1002/uog.13775
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OP14.10: Factors which predisposing lesions of levator ani muscle during vaginal delivery and assessment of the impact on the pelvic muscles by 3D‐4D ultrasound

Abstract: Objectives: Different authors have reported multiple risk factors that favour avulsions of LAM: forceps, prolonged second stage of labour, fetal head circumference and no epidural.To establish what factors influence in the occurrence of lesions in the levator ani muscle (LAM) during vaginal delivery. To determine the changes that occur when there are injuries postpartum. Methods: We conducted a prospective observational study including 73 primiparous with vaginal delivery. We did 3 volumetric capture each pati… Show more

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