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Examining the Association Between Episiotomy and Severe Perineal Tears in a Tertiary Care Center Implementing a Restrictive Episiotomy Policy

Background Perineal lacerations are feared complications of vaginal delivery, especially the severe types (third- and fourth-degree tears). World Health Organization (WHO) recommended restrictive episiotomy practice after alarming literature linked the increase in severe tears with routine episiotom...

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Autores principales: Faden, Yaser A, Fatani, Azizah M, Fallatah, Batoul M, Rawa, Tala S, Almasri, Shatha A, El Amin, Nadia O, Rawas, Sondos A, Al-Hindi, Mohammed Y
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9709907/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36465198
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31606