Risk factors for severe perineal lacerations during childbirth

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 6-14

  Pergialiotis, Vasileios ^a   Vlachos, Dimitrios ^a   Protopapas, Athanasios ^a   Pappa, Kaliopi ^a   Vlachos, Georgios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Episiotomy; Forceps; Perineal lacerations; Perineal tears

Indexed keywords

BREECH PRESENTATION; CHILDBIRTH; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPISIOTOMY; ETHNICITY; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LABOR INDUCTION; LACERATION; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PERINEAL LACERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EPISIOTOMY; FORCEPS; PERINEAL LACERATIONS; PERINEAL TEARS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACERATIONS; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84896698259     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2013.09.034     Document Type: Review

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