title: Pelvic floor dysfunction in women after pelvic trauma.
abstract: The aim was to assess symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction in women following pelvic trauma. A retrospective questionnaire survey of 24 consecutive women was performed in a tertiary referral orthopaedic centre and urogynaecology unit. Sixteen women had a type B and eight a type C pelvic fracture (Association Osteosynthesis manual classification). The median age was 24 years (11-92). Twenty-one women were nulliparous. Sixteen women reported de novo pelvic floor dysfunction. Bladder symptoms occurred in 12, bowel problems in 11 and sexual dysfunction in 7 of 17 sexually active women. Pelvic fracture seems to be a risk factor for pelvic floor dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Urogynaecology Unit, St George's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baessler
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Bircher
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Stanton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017773:Pelvic Floor / Q000502:physiology; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D010388:Pelvis / Q000293:injuries*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014596:Uterine Prolapse / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology