Episiotomy and third- and fourth-degree perineal tears in primiparous Iranian women

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 241-242

  Moini, Ashraf ^a,b   Yari, Rita Emadi Allah ^a   Eslami, Bita ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Episiotomy; Fourth degree tear; Iran; Primiparous; Third degree tear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; EDEMA; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCONTINENCE; INFLAMMATION; IRAN; LACERATION; MATERNAL AGE; PAIN; PERINEAL TEAR; PERINEUM INJURY; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LABOR COMPLICATION; PARITY; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LACERATIONS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARITY; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; RISK; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66549089730     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2008.10.025     Document Type: Article

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