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Women's health and midwifery
Cohort study
Persistent long-term urinary incontinence post parturition
  1. Ian K Walsh
  1. Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
  1. Correspondence to: Dr Ian K Walsh, Centre for Medical Education, Mulhouse Building, Royal Victoria Hospital, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6DP, UK; i.walsh{at}qub.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/eb-2016-102407

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    Commentary on: MacArthur C, Wilson D, Herbison P, et al. Urinary incontinence persisting after childbirth: extent, delivery history, and effects in a 12-year longitudinal cohort study. BJOG 2016;123:1022–9.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMed

    Implications for practice and research

    • There is a high incidence of long-term postpartum urinary incontinence associated with spontaneous vaginal delivery, with maternal factors such as excessive weight and increased age as additional risk factors.

    • Delivery exclusively by caesarean section confers an advantage against developing postpartum urinary incontinence in the early, intermediate and long term.

    • Therapeutic interventions should be studied to ascertain efficacy in reducing the incidence and severity of such incontinence.

    Context

    Whist postpartum urinary …

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    Footnotes

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.