Perception of pain during episiotomy in a tertiary care centre in Sri Lanka.

نویسندگان

  • H Senanayake
  • R Adikaram
  • T Alwis
  • M Ahmad
  • B B M J P Gunathilaka
چکیده

Episiotomy is used almost routinely in vaginal deliveries in Sri Lanka and the norm is for it to be performed without anaesthesia. This is due to the popular belief that episiotomy could be performed painlessly without anaesthesia if it is performed at the peak of a contraction when the perineum is at full stretch. This practice is also convenient, since nurses and midwives involved in normal deliveries in Sri Lanka are not licensed to administer a local anaesthetic.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Ceylon medical journal

دوره 56 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011