Third degree perineal tears in a university medical center where midline episiotomies are not performed

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 271, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 307-310

  Sheiner, Eyal ^a   Levy, Amalia ^b   Walfisch, Asnat ^a   Hallak, Mordechai ^a   Mazor, Moshe ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fetal macrosomia; Forceps; Mediolateral episiotomy; Third degree perineal tears; Vacuum extraction; Vaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTOCIA; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; NULLIPARA; PARITY; PERINEUM INJURY; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EPISIOTOMY; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OBSTETRICAL FORCEPS; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 18744373641     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-004-0610-5     Document Type: Article

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