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Randomized trial comparing episiotomies with Braun-Stadler episiotomy scissors and EPISCISSORS-60®

open access: yes, 2015
Ganpat Sawant, Divya Kumar Dr DY Patil Medical College and Hospital, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, India Introduction: Episiotomy angle is a crucial factor in causation of obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIS), which are the major cause of female bowel ...
Kumar D, Sawant G
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Episiotomy: perceptions from adolescent puerperae

open access: yes, 2015
Objective. To identify the perception of the teenager puerperas regarding the practice of episiotomy. Methodology. This is a study with qualitative nature developed with 11 teenage puerperas in the Obstetrics Unit of one hospital located in the ...
Graziele Figueiredo   +4 more
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Pregnancy‐Related Risk and Birth Setting Trends: Insights From Indonesian Demographic Health Survey Data

open access: yesBirth, EarlyView.
New analysis from 15 years of Indonesian Demographic Health Survey Data has identified a shift from home birth to hospital birth. However, 65% of women who gave birth in hospital had no risk factors, while 13% of women who gave birth at home did report pregnancy‐related risk factors.
Kai Hodgkin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Perineal Massage in the Second Stage of Labor on Perineal Trauma In Nulliparos Women Reffering to ‘Teaching Hospital of Imam Khomeini’ Khalkhal [PDF]

open access: yes
Background & Objectives: Perineal trauma is common outcome of vaginal birth, and can cause short- term and long- term problems for new mothers. Pain, blood loss, need for suturing, urinary, bowel, and sexual dysfunctional and protracted pain, is of ...
سهرابی, معصومه   +3 more
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Current approach to episiotomy: Inevitable or unnecessary?

open access: yes, 2011
An episiotomy is a surgical incision through the perineum made to provide sufficient area for the delivery of the infant. About 10 to 95% of women who deliver will have episiotomy depending on which part of the world they are having delivery.Too early ...
Dusica Kocijancic   +2 more
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Exploring the Passive Second Stage of Labour and Related Perinatal Outcomes in a Physiological Cohort

open access: yesBirth, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The passive second stage of labor has been increasingly recognized as a normal phase of labor. However, it remains poorly studied, especially in healthy women. This study aims to assess the passive phase in healthy laboring women and maternal and neonatal outcomes.
Lucia Zagra   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of Episiotomy Practice and Associated Factors in Brazil: A Systematic Review

open access: yesBirth, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Although routine episiotomy is not recommended, it remains widely performed during childbirth, with rates varying substantially across countries. This systematic review synthesizes evidence on the prevalence and associated factors of episiotomy in Brazil.
Ana Carolina dos Santos Rodrigues   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cutting a mediolateral episiotomy at the correct angle: evaluation of a new device, the Episcissors-60

open access: yes, 2014
RM Freeman,1,2 HJ Hollands,1 LF Barron,3 DS Kapoor41Directorate of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Derriford Hospital, 2Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, 3Directorate of Healthcare Science and ...
Hollands HJ   +3 more
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Episiotomy: techniques and indications. [PDF]

open access: yes, 1986
journal articleIn current obstetric practice episiotomy is generally taken to refer to an incision of the perineum and vagina to facilitate vaginal delivery.
Varner, Michael W.
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Provider contribution to an episiotomy risk model

open access: yes, 2015
Objective: The extent to which the observed variation in episiotomy rates can be attributed to individual practitioners is not known. We sought to analyze the contribution of the attending midwife to a risk model for episiotomy.Study design: We ...
Uccella S   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

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