Open AccessPostpartum pubic symphysis diastasis-conservative and surgical treatment methods, incidence of complications: Two case reports and a review of the literature
Author(s) -
Kristiorvilaitė,
Monika Keževičiūtė,
Diana Ramašauskaitė,
Audronė Arlauskienė,
Daiva Bartkevičienė,
Valentinas Uvarovas
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i1.110
Subject(s) - medicine , pubic symphysis , surgery , diastasis , pregnancy , bed rest , complication , pelvis , genetics , biology
Widening of the pubic joint of more than 10 mm is diagnostic and defined as pubic symphysis diastasis and is considered a complication of vaginal childbirth or pregnancy. As it is a rare pathology (ranging from 1 in 300 to 1 in 30000 pregnancies), no gold standard treatment has been defined.