Table 3 Quantitative parameters assessed during pregnancy and after childbirth.
From: Incontinence, bladder neck mobility, and sphincter ruptures in primiparous women
During pregnancy (n = 99) | Spontaneous delivery (n = 61) | Vacuum extraction (n = 19) | Cesarean section (n = 19) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean value (s.d.) | Mean value (s.d.) | p-value* | Mean value (s.d.) | p-value* | Mean value (s.d.) | p-value* | |
LAM contraction | 2.96 (1.05) | 2.75 (1.20) | 0.45 | 2.82 (1.19) | 0.60 | 2.97 (1.09) | 0.96 |
(Oxford score 0-5) | |||||||
Length of introitus (cm) | 2.85 (0.58) | 2.93 (0.61) | 0.407 | 2.88 (0.69) | 0.83 | 2.75 (0.77) | 0.10 |
Length of perineum (cm) | 3.77 (0.80) | 2.96 (0.59) | 0.0018 | 2.78 (0.53) | 0.001 | 3.06 (0.47) | 0.0029 |
Thickness of M. *sphincter ani ext. (cm) | 0.83 (0.17) | 0.79 (0.15) | 0.248 | 0.78 (0.16) | 0.23 | 0.83 (0.19) | 1.00 |
Thickness of M. sphincter ani int. (cm) | 0.20 (0.06) | 0.21 (0.08) | 0.611 | 0.21 (0.07) | 0.51 | 0.19 (0.06) | 0.50 |