Randomized trial of cesarean vs vaginal delivery for effects on the pelvic floor in squirrel monkeys.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vaginal delivery is a risk factor in pelvic floor disorders. We previously described changes in the pelvic floor associated with pregnancy and parturition in the squirrel monkey, a species with a humanlike pattern of spontaneous age- and parity-associated pelvic organ prolapse.

Objective

The potential to prevent or diminish these changes with scheduled cesarean delivery (CD) has not been evaluated. In a randomized, controlled trial, we compared female squirrel monkeys undergoing spontaneous vaginal delivery with those undergoing scheduled primary CD for pelvic floor muscle volumes, muscle contrast changes, and dynamic effects on bladder neck position.

Study design

Levator ani, obturator internus, and coccygeus (COC) muscle volumes and contrast uptake were a

SUBMITTER: Lindo FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5134251 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature