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Vaginal birth in low-risk maternity: 8 years retrospective study
Angélica M1, Ester P2, Alessandra H3, Cristiane R3, Guilherme T4, Caroline B1
1. São Paulo State University (Unesp), Medical School, Botucatu, Brazil, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Botucatu Medical School, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Brazil., 2. São Paulo State University (Unesp), School of Philosophy and Sciences, Marilia Brazil, Department of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Brazil., 3. São Paulo State University (Unesp), School of Philosophy and Sciences, Marilia Brazil, Department of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Brazil, 4. São Paulo State University (UNESP), Institute of Biosciences of Rio Claro, São Paulo State University (Unesp) Department of Physical Education, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Brazil
KEYWORDS: Female, Incontinence, Pelvic Floor, Retrospective Study
Labor is the triggering of several physiological responses that results in the placental and fetal expulsion. Since 1985, the international healthcare community has considered the ideal rate for caesarean sections to be between 10-15% due to the benefits to child-mother binomial [1]. Thus, in the last decade there was a movement to increase the vaginal rates. The use of operative and assisted vaginal delivery, with episiotomy, vacuum or forceps, are believed to carry increased risks of perineal trauma and it is associated with pelvic floor disorders and should be restricted to complicated cases [2]. So, the aim of this study was to evaluated the mode of delivery through 8 years of assistance.
Read the full abstract text here: https://www.ics.org/2020/abstract/486