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Selective versus routine use of episiotomy for vaginal birth

BACKGROUND: Some clinicians believe that routine episiotomy, a surgical cut of the vagina and perineum, will prevent serious tears during childbirth. On the other hand, an episiotomy guarantees perineal trauma and sutures. OBJECTIVES: To assess the effects on mother and baby of a policy of selective...

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Published in:Cochrane Database Syst Rev
Main Authors: Jiang, Hong, Qian, Xu, Carroli, Guillermo, Garner, Paul
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2017
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5449575/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28176333
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD000081.pub3
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