Managing perineal trauma after childbirth.

Birmingham Women’s NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Australia Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia Birmingham Centre for Women’s and Children’s Health, School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK Correspondence to: K M K Ismail, Academic Unit, Birmingham Women’s NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham B15 2TG, UK [email protected] Cite this as: BMJ 2014;349:g6829 doi: 10.1136/bmj.g6829 of women who sustain childbirth related perineal trauma (through either surgical episiotomy or spontaneous tear), 70% require suturing.