The relationship between fecal incontinence and vaginal delivery in the postmenopausal stage
Journal Title: Turkish Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Year 2017, Vol 14, Issue 1
Abstract
Objective: Obstetric anal sphincter injuries are one of the most significant complications of vaginal delivery that give way to fecal incontinence, which is defined as the involuntary leakage of gas, fluid or solid stool. Although sphincter injuries are seen in 0.5-9% of all deliveries. It has been reported that 20-41% of women who had vaginal deliveries had occult anal sphincter injuries as endoanal ultrasonography began to be used by physicians. The aim of our study was to investigate the relationship between fecal incontinence, whose incidence increases dramatically during the postmenopausal stage, and occult anal sphincter injuries. Materials and Methods: Two hundred healthy female patients with no history of anal sphincter injury, aged between 18 and 70 years were included in the study. The participants were divided into 4 groups according to their menopausal stages and mode of delivery; premenopausal (group 1) and postmenopausal (group 2) vaginal delivery, and premenopausal (group 3) and postmenopausal (group 4) cesarean section. Wexner incontinence scores were determined. The participants’ defects were assessed using endoanal ultrasound and their status of fecal incontinence using anorectal manometric measurements. Results: Anorectal manometric measurement results were found significantly lower in group 1 than in group 3 (p<0.01). The Wexner scores of groups 1 and 3 were similar. The anorectal manometric measurement results of group 2 were significantly lower than those of group 4, and the Wexner score of group 2 was significantly higher than other groups (p=0.03). Conclusion: Anal sphincter injuries formed after vaginal delivery may be one of the reasons that increase the incidence of postmenopausal fecal incontinence and cause the formation of fecal incontinence symptoms in women.
Authors and Affiliations
Süleyman Kargın, Sami Çifçi, Adnan Kaynak, Hüseyin Ataseven, Cengiz Kadıyoran, Murat Çakır
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