A Technique for Episiotomy

[For or against episiotomy? Against episiotomy].

Correction to: Selective episiotomy vs. implementation of a non-episiotomy protocol: a randomized clinical trial

Selective episiotomy vs. implementation of a non-episiotomy protocol: a randomized clinical trial

BACKGROUND Despite all the evidence corroborating the selective use of episiotomy and although routine use of the procedure is contraindicated, there are no evidences corroborating if episiotomy is necessary in any circumstance. The present clinical randomized trial was performed to compare maternal and perinatal outcomes in women submitted to a non-episiotomy protocol versus one of selective e...

Episiotomy: techniques and indications.

I n current obstetric practice episiotomy is generally taken to refer to an incision of the perineum and vagina to facilitate vaginal delivery. While the most precise definition of this incision is perineotomy, episiotomy is the generally employed terminology and thus is used in this article. The evolutionary background and historical perspective of this procedure have been reviewed extensively...

[Episiotomy: focusing women's view].

Enough scientific evidences exist for the recommendation of the abolition of the used episiotomia in a liberal way. With objective of identifying the vision of a group of post-partum women in relation to the episiotomy it was done a study of qualitative approach, with the participation of 20 women, in the postpartumn period. It was used for data collection a semi-structured tool applied from Ap...