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Anatomic Changes in the Pelvic Floor After Pregnancy

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Pelvic floor dysfunction includes urinary and fecal incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, sexual disorders, and defecatory dysfunction. Understanding the anatomy and proper interaction among the support components is essential to diagnose and treat possible pelvic floor dysfunctions, present sometimes in pregnant and puerperal women. The primary aim of this chapter is to provide an updated review of pelvic support anatomy (pelvic bones, muscles, ligaments and organs as well as pelvic joints, diameters of pelvis and pelvic shapes) with some clinical correlations that could appear during and after pregnancy.

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    Isabel Carriles Rivero & Jose Angel Mínguez Milio

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    Jesús Olivas-Menayo

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Rivero, I.C., Milio, J.A.M. (2023). Anatomic Changes in the Pelvic Floor After Pregnancy. In: Gomes-Ferreira, M., Olivas-Menayo, J. (eds) Post-maternity Body Changes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43840-1_36

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