Postpartum perineal repair performed by midwives: A randomised trial comparing two suture techniques leaving the skin unsutured

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 472-479

  Kindberg, S ^a   Stehouwer, M ^a   Hvidman, L ^a   Henriksen, T B ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Episiotomy; Perineal pain; Perineal repair; Randomised trial; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MIDWIFE; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINEAL REPAIR; PERINEUM; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 38949218398     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01637.x     Document Type: Article

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