Keywords:
Musculoskeletal soft tissue, Obstetrics (Pregnancy / birth / postnatal period), MR, Diagnostic procedure
Authors:
R. M. O'Cearbhaill, H. Moriarty, E. R. Stanley, T. Geoghegan, L. Lawler; Dublin/IE
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2018/C-2749
Conclusion
Pregnancy is a physiologic process but with potential for significatnt morbidity.
Musculoskeletal morbidity is a facet of childbearign that is likely underestimated.
Here,
we show that musculoskeletal findings on MRI are reasonable common in the peripartum period,
particularly in the post partum period.
We also found that musculoskeletal morbidity affected a very substantial portion of pateints who underwent a vaginal delivery,
as compared to those who underwent caesarean section where no pateints in our study cohort were found to have pathologies realting to the musculoskeletal system.
This suggests that the mechanical stress applied to the pelvis during delivery is responsible for much of the musculoskeletal problems occuring during the post partum period.