An episiotomy is a surgical cut made into the perineum (area between the vagina and anus) to enlarge the opening before the birth of the baby’s head. It helps to ease the birth of the baby when the ...

WASHINGTON, DC — Mediolateral episiotomy during operative vaginal delivery significantly reduces the risk for obstetrical injury, a large database study has found. The results highlight an ...

From the women who gave birth in our clinic during 2006, 900 consecutive Caucasian primiparous and secondiparous women were selected for interview. The population included both vaginal deliveries and ...

An episiotomy procedure is done so that the opening of the vagina can be made larger to facilitate the birth of a baby. An incision is made in the perineum, the portion between anus and the opening of ...

Studies assessing the Episcissors−60 tool, designed to guide practitioners to make a 60-degree cut at crowning report resulting suture angles ranging from 40- to 53-degrees, and also there is limited ...

Morning. I need to ask something. An episiotomy was done to assist with giving birth but it is not healing well. I think the sutures are dissolving without fully closing the wound. Do you think I ...

An episiotomy is meant to prevent severe vaginal tearing during childbirth. Yet many women still experience spontaneous extensions beyond the surgical cut. This can happen due to factors like rapid ...

Sutures are medical tools used by doctors and surgeons to close a wound. Depending on your condition, a doctor will use the proper suture technique and material to stitch a wound or laceration shut.

A broken needle was removed on Thursday from a woman’s uterus, left behind during episiotomy stitches post normal delivery. The woman’s kin alleged medical negligence by the medical staff in Uchipuli ...

Following consultation with stakeholders we will update the NICE guideline on intrapartum care for healthy women and babies to: For recommendation 1.13.20 on angle of episiotomy, we identified ...