A novel classification for evaluating episiotomy practices: application to the Burgundy perinatal network

• Main Authors: Thomas Desplanches (Author), Emilie Szczepanski (Author), Jonathan Cottenet (Author), Denis Semama (Author), Catherine Quantin (Author), Paul Sagot (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Though the rate of episiotomy has decreased in France, the overall episiotomy rate was 20% in the 2016 national perinatal survey. We aimed to develop a classification to facilitate the analysis of episiotomy practices and to evaluate whether episiotomy is associated with a reduct...