Postpartum stress urinary incontinence, is it related to vaginal delivery?

Apost-partum stress urinary incontinence is highly prevalent in Chinese women. Both pregnancy and delivery can damage muscular, fascial and neural mechanisms of urinary continence. Elective Cesarean section is not completely protective against post-partum stress urinary incontinence.

The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians. 2016 Sep 21 [Epub ahead of print]

Hong Wang, Gamal Ghoniem

a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Capital Medical University , Beijing , China., b Department of Urology , University of California , Irvine , Orange , CA.