Pelvic Floor Dysfunction after Levator Trauma 1 Year after Vaginal Delivery: A Prospective Case-Control Study

Fragestellung: aim of our prospective case-control study was to evaluate urinary, anal, prolapse and sexual symptoms in patients with levator ani muscle (LAM) trauma in comparison with patients with intact LAM 1-year after vaginal delivery. Methode: primiparous women who delivered vaginally in our department between January-June 2009 and with 3D ultrasound diagnosis of LAM trauma on 2nd- 3rd day postpartum confirmed one year later, were included in the case group. The controls were represented by primiparae after vaginal delivery recruited in the same period with intact LAM in the early postpartum and 1-year lat…