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Midline and Mediolateral Episiotomy: Risk Assessment Based on Clinical Anatomy
Diagnostics, 2021 Episiotomy is the surgical incision of the vaginal orifice and perineum to ease the passage of an infant’s head while crowning during vaginal delivery.
D. Garner +6 more
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The midwife factor in obstetric procedures and neonatal outcome [PDF]
, 2002 Aims. In the face of major tendency towards midwiferyled-care it was our purpose to investigate the extent of the influence of the midwife on the rates of obstetric procedures and perinatal outcome. Methods.
Giuliani, A. +3 more
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BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 2021 Background Episiotomy is the most commonn surgical procedure in midwifery which as any other wounds can cause infection or delay in healing. The current study aimed to determine effect of Silybum marianum ointment on pain severity and healing of ...
Elmira Toomari +4 more
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Women’s preferences and mode of delivery in public and private hospitals: a prospective cohort study [PDF]
, 2016 Background Rates of caesarean section have steadily increased in most middle- and high-income countries over the last few decades without medical justification.
Althabe, Fernando +11 more
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Alternative versus conventional institutional settings for birth [PDF]
, 2010 Background: Alternative institutional settings have been established for the care of pregnant women who prefer and require little or no medical intervention.
Downe, Soo +2 more
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Defensive Medicine and Obstetric Practices [PDF]
, 2012 Using data on physician behavior from the 1979–2005 National Hospital Discharge Surveys (NHDS), I estimate the relationship between malpractice pressure, as identified by the adoption of non-economic damage caps and related tort reforms, and certain ...
Frakes, Michael D.
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Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 2017 Introduction: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) through the skin is a nonpharmacological method of pain relief. The present study aimed to compare TENS and lidocaine on episiotomy complication in primiparous women.
Maryam Rezaeyan +2 more
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Mediolateral Episiotomy in Nulliparous Women Increases the Risk of Sexual Dysfunction
Bagcilar Medical Bulletin, 2023 Objective:Postpartum sexual functions may be affected in women who have had a vaginal delivery by performing an episiotomy. The aim of this study is to compare the frequency of sexual dysfunction between women who were delivered with a mediolateral ...
Erhan Okuyan +3 more
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Women’s experience of episiotomy: a qualitative study from China
BMJ Open, 2020 Objective To describe women’s experience of episiotomy in urban China. Design This is a semistructured, indepth interview with women after episiotomy. We analysed transcriptions using thematic analysis in Chinese.
Siyuan He +3 more
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Perinatal outcomes of frequent attendance in midwifery care in the Netherlands: a retrospective cohort study [PDF]
, 2020 Background Over the last decade, a trend towards high utilisation of primary maternity care was observed in high-income countries. There is limited research with contradictory results regarding frequent attendance (FA) and perinatal outcomes in midwifery
Feijen-de Jong, Esther I. +5 more
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