First vaginal delivery at an older age: Does it carry an extra risk for the development of stress urinary incontinence?

Re: First vaginal delivery at an older a

Re: First vaginal delivery at an older age: Does it carry an extra risk for the development of stress urinary incontinence? Groutz A, Helpman L, Gold R, Pauzner D, Lessing JB, Gordon D. 2007. Neurourol Urodyn 26:779–782

✍ Xavier Fritel; Arnaud Fauconnier 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 54 KB

Sir, we read with interest the article by Groutz et al., 1 who state that a first vaginal delivery after the age of 37 years is associated with a higher risk of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) than a first delivery before the age of 30 (hypothesis A) and that caesarean delivery has a protective ef