Cohort study of maternal and neonatal morbidity in relation to use of episiotomy at instrumental vaginal delivery

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 941-945

  Youssef, Refaat ^a   Ramalingam, Uma ^b   Macleod, Maureen ^b   Murphy, Deirdre J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTOCIA; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PERINEUM INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

COHORT STUDIES; DYSTOCIA; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OBSTETRICAL FORCEPS; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL;

EID: 21244432739     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00564.x     Document Type: Article

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