Obstetric anal sphincter injury, a follow-up study on the long term outcome.
Completed
- Conditions
- anal incontinence after obstetric anal sphincter injury100021121002690610029903
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON40501
- Lead Sponsor
- Medisch Universitair Ziekenhuis Maastricht
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 665
Inclusion Criteria
- All women with a history of a first-ever obstetric anal sphincter injury in the period 2005-2012.
- Diagnosis and treatment of an obstetric anal sphincter injury in the MUMC
- Willing to give informed consent
- Capable of understanding the Dutch language and the given information
- Minimum age of 18 years ;Control group:
- All women with a delivery in the period 2005-2012 in the MUMC
- No diagnosis and treatment of an obstetric anal sphincter injury.
- Permission to informed consent
- Capable of understanding the Dutch language and the given information
- Minimum age of 18 years
Exclusion Criteria
- no Permission to informed consent
- not Capable of understanding the Dutch language and the given information
- age < 18 years
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>anal incontinence</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>abnormalities in the sphincter on endoanal ultrasound (persistent defects)<br /><br>abnormalities in sphincter function om endoanal manometry<br /><br>risc factors for developing anal incontinence after obstyetric anal sphincter<br /><br>injury<br /><br>risk of recurrent obstetric anal sphincter defect in a subsequent vaginal<br /><br>delivery<br /><br>incidence of urine incontinence</p><br>