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The levator ani muscles play an important role in bladder neck fixation provided by the suspensory sling and hiatal ligament [ 6 ] . The urethra is supported by the action of the levator ani muscles through their connection to the endopelvic fascia of the anterior vaginal wall [ 7 ] , and the muscles of the levator ani contract during a cough to assist continence [ 8 ] . The fast twitch type II fibers in the levator ani muscles play an important role in continence, and their loss accompanies the development of urinary incontinence [ 9 ] . Clinically, women with recurrent urinary incontinence after Burch colposuspension have a more pronounced pelvic floor weakness than women with primary stress urinary incontinence [ 10 ] . This suggests that the recurrent urinary incontinence is caused by a progression of pelvic floor dysfunction.
Tissue sampling from levator ani muscles and fascia, illustrated in Fig.
After incision, the fascia biopsy specimen (5 × 5 mm) was collected.
In western blot, the most prominent p27 expression was in the late trophoblast culture (120 h), as expected from our previous study [ 18 ] . When compared to trophoblast culture, the p27 expression in levator ani muscles was lower, but higher then weak expression in whole placenta and rectus fascia.
Additional pelvic floor structure, the levator ani fascia, was studied and exhibited nuclear LHR immunoreactivity in principal cells (fibroblasts; white arrowhead, Fig.