Episiotomy - The destructive tradition

Gineco.ro

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 142-145

  Stark, Michael ^a  

^a New European Surgical Academy NESA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Episiorrhaphy; Episiotomy; Two layers repair

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPISIORRHAPHY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN REDNESS; SKIN SWELLING; SUTURING METHOD;

EID: 79955800180     PISSN: 18414435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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