Selective Episiotomy: Indications, Techinique, and Association with Severe Perineal Lacerations

Abstract Introduction Episiotomy is a controversial procedure, especially because the discussion that surrounds it has gone beyond the field of scientific debate, being adopted as an indicator of the "humanization of childbirth". The scientific literature indicates that episiotomy should...

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Published in:	Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia
Main Authors:	Mário Dias Corrêa Junior, Renato Passini Júnior
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Federação Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia 2016-06-01
Subjects:	episiotomy perineal lacerations obstetrical delivery
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbgo/v38n6/0100-7203-rbgo-38-06-00301.pdf