Perineal techniques during the second stage of labour for reducing perineal trauma

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Aasheim, Vigdis ^a   Nilsen, Anne Britt Vika ^a   Reinar, Liv Merete ^b   Lukasse, Mirjam ^c,d  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUBRICATING AGENT; OIL; PETROLATUM; WAX;

CRYOTHERAPY; DIGESTIVE THERAPEUTIC DEVICE; EPISIOTOMY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY; LABOR STAGE 2; MASSAGE; MORBIDITY; PERINEAL PROTECTION DEVICE; PERINEAL SUPPORT; PERINEUM INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; RITGEN MANEUVER; SUTURE TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANAL CANAL; FEMALE; HEAT; INJURIES; LACERATIONS; META ANALYSIS; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; THERAPEUTIC USE; UTILIZATION;

ANAL CANAL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; LACERATIONS; MASSAGE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85020725094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006672.pub3     Document Type: Review

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