Childbirth Trauma

1. Female Pelvic Anatomy
George Iancu

2. Anorectal Anatomy and Physiology
Filippo Torre, Diego Coletta, Federica Costanzo, Fabiano Iaquinandi, Francesco Velluti

3. Epidemiology of Childbirth Trauma and Associated Pelvic Floor Disorders
Lieschen H. Quiroz, S. Abbas Shobeiri

4. The Effect of Pregnancy on the Pelvic Floor
Cornelia Betschart, Josef Wisser

5. Mode of Delivery and Perineal Trauma
Nivedita Gauthaman, Stergios K. Doumouchtsis

6. Episiotomy
Vladimir Kalis, Zdenek Rusavy, Matija Prka

7. Types of Pelvic Floor Injury During Childbirth
Jorge Milhem Haddad, Lilian R. Fiorelli, Thais V. Peterson

8. Principles of Assessment of Childbirth Injury
Maya Basu

9. Management of Childbirth Injury
Maya Basu

10. Further Investigations and Follow-Up: Pelvic Floor Ultrasound
Ghazaleh Rostami Nia, S. Abbas Shobeiri

11. Childbirth and Lower Urinary Tract Complications
Ali Abdel Raheem, Ahmed Zoaier, Ahmed El-Sherbiny

12. Childbirth Trauma and Lower Gastrointestinal Tract Complications
Filippo Torre, Giuseppe Giuliani, Francesco Guerra

13. Healing Process and Complications
Kostis I. Nikolopoulos, Stergios K. Doumouchtsis

14. Pregnancy, Puerperium and Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Jittima Manonai

15. Obstetric Fistula
George Iancu

16. Prediction, Risk Assessment, and Prevention of Childbirth Trauma
Anushuya Devi Kasi, Stergios K. Doumouchtsis

17. Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy for the Prevention and Management of Childbirth Trauma
Siv Mørkved, Signe Nilssen Stafne, Hege Hølmo Johannessen

18. Prognosis of Childbirth Trauma
Cynthia A. Brincat, Christina Lewicky-Gaupp, Dee E. Fenner

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Urology, Obstetrics/Perinatology, Imaging / Radiology, Colorectal Surgery