Site and incidence of birth canal lacerations from instrumental delivery with mediolateral episiotomy

• Main Authors: Kenro Chikazawa (Author), Junko Ushijima (Author), Kenjiro Takagi (Author), Eishin Nakamura (Author), Koki Samejima (Author), Kanako Kadowaki (Author), Isao Horiuchi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Instrument-assisted vaginal delivery is a significant risk factor for birth canal lacerations. Although many obstetricians recently are recommending restrictive rather than a routine episiotomy, reports have shown restrictive episiotomy to be associated with more extensive anterior birth...