BACKGROUND Millions of women worldwide undergo perineal suturing after childbirth and the type of repair may have an impact on pain and healing. For more than 70 years, researchers have been suggesting that continuous non-locking suture techniques for repair of the vagina, perineal muscles and skin are associated with less perineal pain than traditional interrupted methods. OBJECTIVES To asse...

OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to evaluate the frequency of obstetrical anal sphincter injuries (OASIS) in women undergoing operative vaginal deliveries (OVD) and to assess whether a mediolateral episiotomy is protective for developing OASIS in these deliveries. STUDY DESIGN We performed a retrospective cohort study. Maternal and obstetrical characteristics of the 2861 women who del...

As a woman, labor experience could be best memory, but it was also became trauma for them especially perineum laceration. Perineum laceration occurred during process naturally or instrumentally (episiotomy, extraction). caused discomfort and pain heacting process. The fearness affected mother psychology. To minimize the laceration, perineal massage prevent grade II incidence. determined applica...

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...

Objective: To investigate the characteristics of pathogenic bacteria and related risk factors for postoperative infection in episiotomy of puerpera and provide basis for the clinical prevention and treatment of postoperative infection in episiotomy. Methods: The clinical data of 1200 cases of full-term parturient receiving vaginal delivery receing lateral incision hospitalized in obstetrics fro...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and factors associated with episiotomy in a reference center of Pernambuco. METHODS A retrospective cross-sectional study was carried out from January to December 2006 with 495 women who had a normal delivery at the Maternity Center Monteiro de Moraes Integrated Health Amaury de Medeiros (CISAM) University of Pernambuco. Assessed factors were issues prece...

he patient was a 17-year-old unmarried, primi-gravida who delivered via vacuum-assisted vaginal extraction two days previously. In the course of the delivery, a significant midline and extensive right lateral wall vaginal tear occurred. The patient was discharged on the first postpartum day; however, she represented herself to the clinic 24 h later with shaking chills, a temperature of 103.3F, ...

background one of the strategies for a good outcome and pain free childbearing is to design the delivery room. objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of snoezelen room on childbearing outcome such as pain intensity, duration of labor, and perinea status in nulliparous women. patients and methods this study was a randomized controlled clinical trial consists of 100 childbea...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate efficacy of ibuprofen compared with acetaminophen for relief of perineal pain after childbirth, side effects of ibuprofen compared with acetaminophen and patient satisfaction in treatment between the 2 groups. MATERIAL AND METHOD A total of 210 women who gave birth by spontaneous vaginal delivery with mediolateral episiotomy between June 2006 and November 2006 were rand...