Aim: This study aimed to assess the effects of prenatal Perineal Massage and Kegel exercise on the episiotomy rate. Subjects and Methods: Randomize controlled trial was carried out at Antenatal Outpatient Clinic and Labour and Delivery Ward at El Mansoura University Hospital, Egypt. This study comprised a random study sample of180 pregnant mothers out of randomized 225was recruited for this stu...

BACKGROUND One of the most important problems after episiotomy is perineal pain which is more severe on the first day of postpartum period. The aim of this study was to compare the analgesic effects of indomethacin suppository and lidocaine cream in the management of post-episiotomy pain. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a randomized, controlled trial, 60 primiparous women who had mediolateral episio...

Women who had participated in a randomised controlled trial of policies of restricted (10%) versus liberal (51%) episiotomy during spontaneous vaginal delivery were recontacted by postal questionnaire three years after delivery. Altogether 674 out of 1000 responded, and there was no evidence of a differential response rate between the two trial groups. Similar numbers of women in the two groups...

Aim: The aim of the study was to find a relationship between episiotomy and prevalence of urinary incontinence in women. The obtained results were compared with those in women who suffered 1stor 2nd-degree perineal tears during childbirth and those with an intact perineum. Design: Cross sectional study. Methods: The sample was made up of 211 women, who were 2-5 years after a spontaneous term ch...

Methods This is a prospective, double blind study. Fifty female patients, 20 to 50 (mean 35) years old, were evaluated in two study groups: group1 – 30 patients with vaginal delivery and episiotomy and group2 – 20 patients with caesarean operation and without episiotomy (control for episiotomy). The patient selection was done clinically. Pelvic magnetic resonance (1.5T) examinations with turbo ...

AIMS To analyze whether episiotomy affects the urogenital hiatal area and the difference in the hiatus at rest and during contraction, as an indirect measurement of the contractile capacity of the levator ani muscle. METHODS We performed an observational, comparative, retrospective study of primiparous women who had normal vaginal deliveries. The urogenital hiatal area was compared in women w...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate short-term perineal pain among primiparous women after mediolateral episiotomy (MLE) and lateral episiotomy (LE). METHODS The prospective randomized study was conducted in the Czech Republic during 2010-2012. Consecutive primiparous women who gave birth at or after 37 weeks of pregnancy and had indications for an episiotomy were enrolled and randomly assigned to undergo ...

OBJECTIVE to understand the episiotomy rate and its relationship with various clinical variables. METHOD a descriptive, cross-sectional, analytic study of 12,093 births in a tertiary hospital. VARIABLES Parity, gestational age, start of labor, use of epidural analgesia, oxytocin usage, position during fetal explusion, weight of neonate, and completion of birth. The analysis was performed wi...

DISCLOSURES: NONE ABSTRACT Background: The occurrence of labial fusion in an adult following episiotomy is rarely reported. Even though it is one of the simplest procedures performed in obstetric practice, an episiotomy may be complicated by labial fusion which results in difficulty in sexual intercourse and infertility. Case Report: She was a 23-year old Primipara who presented to the Gynaecol...