NBME 20 Damage to the anal sphincter (NBME Answers)

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A 32-year-old woman has had fecal ...
Damage to the anal sphincter 🔍 / 📺 / 🌳 / 📖
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A stretch injury during childbirth will result in damage to the external uretheral and anal sphincters and damage to the pudendal nerve (S2-S4). This can lead to decreased sensation in the perineal and genital area and fecal or urinary incontinence

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thepacksurvives I think that there can also be a direct tear to the anal sphincter muscles +8

sympathetikey A better answer choice would have been "damage to the nerves innervating the anal sphincter" but eh, ok. +22

nerdstewiegriffin I it is due to actual tear of external and or internal anal sphincter Source uptodate +2

skonys RIP... literally +2

namesthegame22 Episiotomy can damage the perineal body as well. +

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