Operative vaginal delivery and midline episiotomy: A bad combination for the perineum

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 749-754

  Kudish, Bela ^a   Blackwell, Sean ^a   Mcneeley, S Gene ^a   Bujold, Emmanuel ^b   Kruger, Michael ^a   Hendrix, Susan L ^a   Sokol, Robert ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forceps; Midline episiotomy; Perineum; Severe perineal laceration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPISIOTOMY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FORCEPS; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDLINE EPISIOTOMY; MULTIPARA; PERINEUM; PERINEUM INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VACUUM; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; EPISIOTOMY; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LACERATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OBSTETRICAL FORCEPS; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33747894442     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.06.078     Document Type: Article

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