PL.48 Do We Perform Mediolateral Episiotomy at the Optimum Angle?

Cutting a mediolateral episiotomy at the correct angle: evaluation of a new device, the Episcissors-60

BACKGROUND Anal incontinence is nine times more prevalent in women than in men due to obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASI). OASI is linked to midline episiotomies and mediolateral episiotomies with post-delivery angles of <30 and >60 degrees. Studies show that doctors and midwives are unable to correctly "eyeball" the safe angle required due to perineal stretching by the fetal head at crownin...

Clinical evaluation of peripartum outcomes of mediolateral versus lateral episiotomy.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the incidence and extent of vaginal and perineal trauma among primiparous women after mediolateral and lateral episiotomy. METHODS In a prospective randomized study at University Hospital Pilsen, Czech Republic, 790 consecutive primiparous women were enrolled between April 2010 and April 2012. Mediolateral episiotomy (MLE) followed an angle of at least 60° from the midli...

Routine serum creatinine measurements: how well do we perform?

BACKGROUND The first aim of the study was to investigate the accuracy and intra-laboratory variation of serum creatinine measurements in clinical laboratories in Flanders. The second purpose was to check the effect of this variation in serum creatinine concentration results on the calculated estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and the impact on classification of patients into a chronic ...

Do We Know What We Do not Know? A Response to Celine Bonnet

The Asian Nuclear Medicine Board; Why Do We Need It?

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