Obstetrics, gynecology, andrology, sexual and reproductive health

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Episiotomy, perineal trauma

Australia

• Australian Journal of General Practice
  • Perineal tears - A review [2018]

• International Journal of Women's Health
  • The effect of implementing a new guideline and operative pro forma on the detection and management of third- and fourth-degree perineal tears [2016]

• Queensland Clinical Guidelines
  • Perineal care

Canada

• CMAJ
  • Episiotomy use among vaginal deliveries and the association with anal sphincter injury: a population-based retrospective cohort study [2019]

Denmark

• Nordic Federation of Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASIS) [2019]

Ethiopia

• Women's Health
  • Prevalence of episiotomy practice and factors associated with it in Ethiopia, systematic review and meta-analysis [2022]

Europe

• Euro-Peristat
  • Variations in rates of severe perineal tears and episiotomies in 20 European countries: a study based on routine national data in Euro-Peristat Project [2016]

France

• Archive ouverte HAL
  • Perineal prevention and protection in obstetrics: CNGOF Clinical Practice Guidelines [2019]

• Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online
  • Ignoring international alerts? The routinization of episiotomy in France in the 1980s and 1990s [2021]

• Scientific Reports
  • French guidelines for restrictive episiotomy during instrumental delivery were not followed by an increase in obstetric anal sphincter injury [2022]
  • Episiotomy practices in France: epidemiology and risk factors in non-operative vaginal deliveries [2020]

International

• Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • Selective versus routine use of episiotomy for vaginal birth [2017]
  • Perineal techniques during the second stage of labour for reducing perineal trauma [2017]
  • Antibiotic prophylaxis for episiotomy repair following vaginal birth [2017]
  • Oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (single dose) for perineal pain in the early postpartum period [2016]
  • Obstetric anal sphincter injuries after episiotomy: systematic review and meta-analysis [2016]

• European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences
  • Does episiotomy always equate violence in obstetrics? Routine and selective episiotomy in obstetric practice and legal questions [2019]

• International Urogynecology Journal
  • Review of available national guidelines for obstetric anal sphincter injury [2020]

• Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP
  • Upright positions in childbirth and the prevention of perineal lacerations: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2020]

Israel

• International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
  • Use of antibiotics in women undergoing correction of an obstetric anal sphincter injury: Results from a national Israeli survey [2023]

Jamaica

• International Scholarly Research Notices
  • Severe Perineal Lacerations in Obstetric Practice: The Effect of Institutional Practice Guidelines on Repair Failures in a Single Centre [2014]

• Permanente Journal
  • An Audit of Clinician Compliance with Best Practice Recommendations to Repair Severe Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injuries [2014]

Low and middle income countries

• Maternal and Child Health Journal
  • Birth-Related Perineal Trauma in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [2019]

Netherlands

• International Urogynecology Journal
  • Choice of mode of delivery in a subsequent pregnancy after OASI: a survey among Dutch gynecologists [2017]

Palestine

• BMJ Open
  • Episiotomy practice in six Palestinian hospitals: a population-based cohort study among singleton vaginal births [2018]

Portugal

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Time trends in episiotomy and severe perineal tears in Portugal: a nationwide register-based study [2022]

Romania

• Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
  • A multicenter cross-sectional study of episiotomy practice in Romania [2019]

Saudi Arabia

• Materia Socio-Medica
  • Rates and Indicators for Episiotomy in Modern Obstetrics – a study from Saudi Arabia [2015]

Sub-Saharan Africa

• Frontiers in Medicine
  • Episiotomy Practice and Its Associated Factors in Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2022]

Sweden

• Midwifery
  • Regional and clinical guidelines for prevention and care of obstetric anal sphincter injuries - A critical frame analysis [2023]

• Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services
  • Practices to improve detection of perineal tears and women’s views and experiences of healthcare providers following sustained perineal tear [2021]

United Kingdom

• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
  • Perineal pain: Postnatal care [2021]
  • Episcissors-60 for mediolateral episiotomy [2020]

• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Third- and Fourth-degree Perineal Tears, Management [2015]

United States

• Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey
  • Techniques for Repair of Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injuries [2018]

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