The risk of urinary incontinence of parous women who delivered only by cesarean section

Objectives: To evaluate the association of route of delivery with prevalenc e of urinary incontinence. Methods: Women with menopause who consulted at t he Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Universidade Estadual de Campin as, were interviewed and examined to detect urinary incontinence. Obstetric s history and other possible factors that could influence incontinence were also recorded, Results: Urinary incontinence was diagnosed in 98 women (ca ses) while 91 were free of this problem. The risk of urinary incontinence w as approximately five times higher among women with one or more pregnancies than among nulligravida, and 3.5 times higher among women who had had only cesarean sections than among nullipara. Conclusions: Women cannot prevent urinary incontinence by delivering exclusively by cesarean section. (C) 200 1 International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics. All rights reserve d.