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Changes in the pelvic floor following childbirth
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 1999
Abstract
It is only in the last decade that increasing recognition has been given to the impact of childbirth on the physical and psychological wellbeing of a woman. The fall in maternal mortality coupled with a rise in female life expectancy (80 years in the UK) have served to focus attention on quality of life. Childbirth has been implicated as a major aetiological factor in pelvic floor and perineal trauma.
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