BACKGROUND Obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIS) might cause anal incontinence (AI) and sexual dysfunction, and might be associated with urinary incontinence (UI). Episiotomy has been identified both as a risk and a protective factor of OASIS. Lately, episiotomies with specific characteristics have shown to be protective against the risk of OASIS. However, little is known about episiotomy c...

Introduction: Over 85% of women having a vaginal birth suffers perineal trauma. The rate episiotomy was determined as 93.3% in primipara and 30.2% multipara women. One the most important aspects care is checking for signs infection. Most have some degree discomfort during first few postpartum days. common causes episiotomy. These include swelling, lesions, rashes, sores boils. Proper perineum a...

Introduction: Episiotomy is the surgical enlargement of vaginal orifice by an incision on perineum during last part second stage labour or delivery. most common procedure experienced women. In near past there were many studies pointed out its disadvantages like more post-delivery pain, wound complications and dyspareunia. So, this study was done to compare use restrictive episiotomy routine in ...

BACKGROUND Pain from episiotomy or tearing of perineal tissues during childbirth is often poorly treated and may be severe. This randomized double-blind controlled trial was performed to compare the effectiveness, side effects and cost of, and patient preference for, 2 analgesics for the management of postpartum perineal pain. METHODS A total of 237 women who gave birth vaginally with episiot...

Data was collected about the mother, the infant and the pregnancy in women who had an episiotomy performed at delivery, and those who did not, in one district hospital and two community hospitals. Factors predisposing mothers to episiotomy were sought and compared in the different hospitals. Traditional indications for episiotomy, such as a large baby and a small mother, were found to be less i...

Background: Episiotomy procedure enlarges the vaginal outlet to facilitate childbirth. Polyglactin 910 fast-absorbing sutures are widely used for repair of episiotomy because their rapid absorption and less inflammatory response. This study was designed subjective assessment perineal pain post-episiotomy repair, with Trusynth Fast® Vicryl Rapide<ns...

Background: Episiotomy is a common perineum incision preformed to facilitate the delivery. Although it was commonly performed especially in primigravida women, the new trend is to limit episiotomies as much as possible. This study aimed to find out the rate of episiotomy and to compare the rate in primigravida vs multigravida at King Abdulaziz university hospital. Methods: A retrospective chart...

The incidence of episiotomy continues to be high in Asian countries, therefore perineal episiotomy wounds commonly occur in women during labor. The assessment of perineal wounds is an important aspect of routine care women receive during the postpartum period. The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of self perineal care (Group 2) and aseptic perineal care (Group 1) in healin...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the independent association of episiotomy with obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIS) using first a cross-sectional and then a matched pair analysis. DESIGN A matched cohort. SETTING Data was gathered from the Finnish Medical Birth Register from 2004-2011. POPULATION All singleton vaginal births (n = 303,758). METHODS Women resulting matched pairs (n = 63,925) ...