A guest editorial: Episiotomy: Yea or nay

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 667-669

  Schoon, Paul G ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EPISIOTOMY; HUMAN; PERINEUM INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ANAL CANAL; FEMALE; FORCEPS; HISTORY; INJURY; PARITY; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR;

ANAL CANAL; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; OBSTETRICAL FORCEPS; PARITY; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035203977     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006254-200111000-00001     Document Type: Editorial

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8. Shall we cut and reconstruct the perineum for every primipara?
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16. Benefits and risks of episiotomy: A review of the English-language literature since 1980. Part II
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