Do we protect the pelvic floor with non‐elective cesarean? A study of <scp>3‐D</scp>/<scp>4‐D</scp> pelvic floor ultrasound immediately after delivery

Abstract

Labor itself, and factors such as fetal head circumference and fetal weight that cause prolongation of labor, can induce levator ani muscle defect or microtrauma which in turn can cause morphological alterations of the levator hiatus.