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Chapter 58 - Birth Injuries and Perineal Trauma

from Section 5 - Intrapartum Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2021

By
Katariina Laine  and
Sari Räisänen
Edited by
Tahir Mahmood ,
Charles Savona Ventura ,
Ioannis Messinis  and
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
Tahir Mahmood
Affiliation:
Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
Charles Savona Ventura
Affiliation:
University of Malta, Malta
Ioannis Messinis
Affiliation:
University of Thessaly, Greece
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
Affiliation:
Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, UK
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Summary

Perineal injury during vaginal birth is common, and most of the nulliparous women need suturing after childbirth. Among parous women perineal injuries is less frequent.

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The EBCOG Postgraduate Textbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Obstetrics & Maternal-Fetal Medicine
 , pp. 462 - 468
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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