Australian researchers have found that deliveries involving forceps increases the risk of pelvic organ prolapse later in life. According to the data, there was almost a four-times' greater risk of avulsion of the levator ani muscles ( helps form the pelvic diaphragm; see Levator ani ). Interestingly, epidurals were found to reduce damage to the levator ani muscles.
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