title: Postpartum stress urinary incontinence, is it related to vaginal delivery?
abstract: A postpartum stress urinary incontinence is highly prevalent in Chinese women. Both pregnancy and delivery can damage muscular, fascial, and neural mechanisms of urinary continence. Elective cesarean section (CS) is not completely protective against postpartum stress urinary incontinence.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Capital Medical University , Beijing , China.|b Department of Urology, University of California , Irvine, Orange, CA , USA.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: b Department of Urology, University of California , Irvine, Orange, CA , USA.
authors.forename: Gamal
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ghoniem
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007748:Labor Stage, Second; D017773:Pelvic Floor / Q000293:injuries; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000209:etiology*; D014551:Urinary Tract / Q000293:injuries / Q000503:physiopathology
keywords: C-section; Postpartum; incontinence