Should we advise women that pre-labor caesarean section prevents pelvic floor dysfunction?

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, La Milétrie University Hospital, Poitiers France; Nantes University, Movement - Interactions - Performance, MIP, EA 4334, F-44000 Nantes, France; INSERM CIC-P 1402, La Milétrie University Hospital, Poitiers, France. Electronic address: bertrand.gachon@chu-poitiers.fr.
• ² Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Carémeau University Hospital, 30900 Nîmes, France.
• ³ University Paris VII, Paris-Diderot, France; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Robert Debre Hospital, Paris, France.
• ⁴ Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, NHS Fife, Scotland; Immediate Past President, European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (EBCOG) and Chair of the EBCOG Standards of Care and Position Statements Group, Belgium.
• ⁵ President European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (EBCOG), Belgium.
• ⁶ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, La Milétrie University Hospital, Poitiers France; INSERM CIC-P 1402, La Milétrie University Hospital, Poitiers, France; INSERM, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), U1018, Gender, Sexuality and Health Team, Univ Paris-Sud, UMRS 1018, France.