EPISIOTOMY IN MODERN OBSTETRICS OR EPISIOTOMY: IT'S TIME TO STOP CUTTING!

Episiotomy in Modern Obstetrics – Necessity Versus

Episiotomy is now one of the most common procedures performed in obstetrics. At the beginning of its existence, it was performed very carefully and used in exceptional circumstances. In the second half of the twentieth century, its use became so widespread that it was almost regarded as a standard procedure in labor rooms. Authors intend to provide answers to the question as to whether it was a...

[For or against episiotomy? Against episiotomy].

Rates and Indicators for Episiotomy in Modern Obstetrics – a study from Saudi Arabia

BACKGROUND This observational study aimed to describe the rates and indicators for practice of episiotomy during normal labour and to compare them between women who have had one pregnancy (PG) and women who have already delivered two or more children (G2 and above). METHODS The study was conducted at Mother and Child Hospital, Buraidah from October- December 2013 as a descriptive cross sectio...

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...