Effects of Pregnancy and Childbirth on Pelvic Floor Morphology and Sexual Function in Egyptian Women

Pregnancy, Childbirth and Puerperal Disorders Clinical Trial

Official title: Effects of Pregnancy and Parturition on Pelvic Floor Morphology and Sexual Function in Egyptian Women.

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

To evaluate levator ani muscle morphology following normal vaginal delivery and cesarean section (elective and emergent), using three-dimensional (3D) transperineal ultrasound, and to study the effect of mode of delivery on female sexual function.

Clinical Trial Description

1. transperineal pelvic floor ultrasound applied for the submitted 120 women "primiparae" (40 women after normal vaginal delivery), (40 women after urgent cesarean section), (40 women after elective cesarean section), in early postpartum period (48 to 72) hours postpartum, to evaluate levator ani morphology.

2. answering of the validated female sexual function index (F.S.F.I) three months postpartum period for same cases submitted to ultrasound. ;

Study Design

Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Pregnancy, Childbirth and Puerperal Disorders
• Puerperal Disorders

• NCT number: NCT02245386
• Study type: Observational
• Source: Al-Azhar University
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 2013
• Completion date: April 2014