Time trends in episiotomy and severe perineal tears in Portugal: a nationwide register-based study
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022 Introduction Rates of episiotomy and severe perineal tears (SPT) are indicators of the quality of obstetric care. Time-trends in the reported occurrence of episiotomy and SPT can contribute to understand both, changes in care and in the frequency of risk
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Selective episiotomy versus no episiotomy – A clinical study on primigravida
Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021 Background: Episiotomy is the incision given over the pudendum, i.e. on the external genitalia organ during the vaginal delivery. Aims and Objective: In this study it has been tried to evaluate the benefits and the risks of selective episiotomy over ...
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Selective versus routine use of episiotomy for vaginal birth. [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017 Background Some clinicians believe that routine episiotomy, a surgical cut of the vagina and perineum, will prevent serious tears during childbirth. On the other hand, an episiotomy guarantees perineal trauma and sutures.
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Episiotomy for vaginal birth [PDF]
, 2009 Episiotomy is done to prevent severe perineal tears, but its routine use has been questioned. The relative effects of midline compared with midlateral episiotomy are unclear.The objective of this review was to assess the effects of restrictive use of episiotomy compared with routine episiotomy during vaginal birth.We searched the Cochrane Pregnancy and
Guillermo Carroli, Luciano Mignini
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Factors Associated with Episiotomy Practices in Bahirdar City, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2020 Fentahun Beyene, Azezu Asres Nigussie, Simachew Kassa Limenih, Azimeraw Arega Tesfu, Kihinetu Gelaye Wudineh Department of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Fentahun Beyene Email ...
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EPISIOTOMY : A CHALLENGING OBSTETRIC INTERVENTION
Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2003 The professional literatures on the development of widely practiced procedure, episiotomy through the years from the first publication in 1742 are reviewed.
D S Malla
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Lateral episiotomy versus no episiotomy to reduce obstetric anal sphincter injury in vacuum-assisted delivery in nulliparous women: study protocol on a randomised controlled trial [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2019 Introduction Obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASIS) occurs in 5%–7% of normal deliveries and increases with vacuum extraction (VE) to 12%–14% in nulliparous women in Sweden.
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The prevalence of episiotomy and associated factors at Shahrara Teaching Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan [PDF]
BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthBackground Episiotomy is done to expand the birth canal but can cause serious complications. It is still commonly performed in many parts of the world representing a quality-of-care and quality-of-life challenge.
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Prevalence and predictors of episiotomy among puerperal women accessing postnatal care in the Kumasi Metropolis [PDF]
BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthBackground This study investigated the prevalence and predictors of episiotomy among puerperal women accessing postnatal care in the Kumasi Metropolis.
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Episiotomy as one of the problems of modern periniology
Медицинский вестник Юга России, 2019 Objective: to analyze the course of pregnancy, childbirth and indications for mediolateral episiotomy in 439 women.Materials and methods: the comparative analysis of outcomes of Rostov-on-Don in two clinical groups on materials of maternity Department of
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