Classification of episiotomy: Towards a standardisation of terminology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 522-526

  Kalis, V ^a   Laine, K ^b   De Leeuw, J W ^c   Ismail, K M ^d   Tincello, D G ^e  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c IKAZIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR EPISIOTOMY; EPISIOTOMY; HUMAN; INCISION; J SHAPED EPISIOTOMY; LATERAL EPISIOTOMY; MEDIAN EPISIOTOMY; MEDIOLATERAL EPISIOTOMY; MODIFIED MEDIAN EPISIOTOMY; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL LATERAL EPISIOTOMY; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; WOUND HEALING;

ANAL CANAL; EPISIOTOMY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84858447119     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2011.03268.x     Document Type: Review

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