A perineal protection device designed to protect the perineum during labor: A multicenter randomized controlled trial

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 181, Issue , 2014, Pages 10-14

  Lavesson, Tony ^a   Griph, Inger D ^b   Skärvad, Anna ^b   Karlsson, Ann Sofi ^a   Nilsson, Helen B ^a   Steinvall, Margareta ^b   Haadem, Knut ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anal sphincter rupture (ASR); Birth injuries; Episiotomy; Perineal protection device; Perineal tears

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAL SPHINCTER RUPTURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL AND OBSTETRIC GENERAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NUMBERS NEEDED TO TREAT; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINEAL PROTECTIVE DEVICE; PERINEUM; PERINEUM INJURY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; RUPTURE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VAGINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANAL CANAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; INJURIES; INJURY SCALE; LABOR; LACERATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LACERATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RUPTURE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908010961     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2014.07.006     Document Type: Article

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