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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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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
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Evaluation of episiotomy in present day obstetric practice
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
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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]
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
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Selective Episiotomy: Indications, Techinique, and Association with Severe Perineal Lacerations [PDF]
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
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Frequency and Side Effect of Episiotomy in Primiparous Women: A Three- Month Longitudinal Survey [PDF]
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
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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
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Outcome of normal delivery with and without episiotomy in primiparous mothers in Sabzevar Mobini Hospital [PDF]
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
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Primipara Undergoing Episiotomy had Lower Postpartum Sexual Function
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
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