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Selective versus routine use of episiotomy for vaginal births in Shanghai hospitals, China: a comparison of policies

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022
Background To assess the effects of policy of selective versus routine episiotomy on mother and baby for women delivering vaginally in Shanghai and whether the hospital type has any effect on the outcomes.
Shengyi Gu   +9 more
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Understanding the perspectives and values of midwives, obstetricians and obstetric registrars regarding episiotomy: qualitative interview study

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2021
Objectives Insight into perspectives and values of care providers on episiotomy can be a first step towards reducing variation in its use. We aimed to gain insight into these perspectives and values.Setting Maternity care in the Netherlands.Participants ...
Thomas van den Akker   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of episiotomy in present day obstetric practice

open access: yesMedical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, 2020
Background: Episiotomy, a surgically planned incision on the perineum and the posterior vaginal wall during the second stage of labor is one of the most performed surgical procedures in the world, especially for nulliparous women.
Manasi Thakur   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Influence of the maternity unit and region of delivery on episiotomy practice in France: a nationwide population‐based study

open access: yesActa Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2023
Introduction Our objective was to identify factors associated with episiotomy practice in France, in particular, characteristics of the maternity units and regions of delivery. Material and methods We performed a national cross‐sectional population‐based
Julie Cormier   +3 more
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Once episiotomy, always episiotomy? [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2018
To investigate the association between episiotomy and perineal damage in the subsequent delivery.A retrospective cohort study was conducted, comparing outcome of subsequent singleton deliveries of women with and without episiotomy in their first (index) delivery. Deliveries occurred between the years 1991-2015 in a tertiary medical center.
Ayala Zilberman   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Selective Episiotomy: Indications, Techinique, and Association with Severe Perineal Lacerations [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, 2016
Introduction Episiotomy is a controversial procedure, especially because the discussion that surrounds it has gone beyond the field of scientific debate, being adopted as an indicator of the "humanization of childbirth".
Mário Dias Corrêa Junior   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Frequency and Side Effect of Episiotomy in Primiparous Women: A Three- Month Longitudinal Survey [PDF]

open access: yesMajallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Qum, 2009
Background and Objectives: Episiotomy is one of the most commonly performed procedures in obstetrics; approximately 33%of women giving birth vaginally in 2000 had episiotomy, but the best technique of episiotomy and its clinical benefits remain largely ...
K. Khajavi Shojae, A. Dawati, F. Zayeri
doaj   +2 more sources

Episiotomy practice and associated factors among mothers who gave birth at public health facilities in Metema district, northwest Ethiopia

open access: yesReproductive Health, 2021
Background Episiotomy is a surgical incision of the perineum to hasten the delivery. There is a scarce of information related to episiotomy practice, and its associated factors, in developing countries, including Ethiopia.
Enyew Woretaw   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Outcome of normal delivery with and without episiotomy in primiparous mothers in Sabzevar Mobini Hospital [PDF]

open access: yesMajallah-i Zanān, Māmā̓ī va Nāzā̓ī-i Īrān, 2021
Introduction: Limited use of episiotomy and performing selective episiotomy versus conventional episiotomy has been recommended in various studies. But according to the statistics from developing countries, episiotomy is still the most common obstetric ...
Mitra Eftekhari Yazdi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Primipara Undergoing Episiotomy had Lower Postpartum Sexual Function

open access: yesIndonesian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2014
Objective: To compare postpartum sexual functions between primipara with episiotomy and without episiotomy. Method: The research was conducted in public service section of Dr.
Irwan Irwan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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