Most women who give birth vaginally and require perineal repair experience rapid and uneventful perineal healing. However, a small subset of women experience significant pain and a delay in healing ...

J Midwifery Womens Health. 2007;52(3):246-253. A Cochrane review [39] pooled data from 8 clinical trials that compared suture materials for perineal repairs. Although the quality of the included ...

Authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET suggest that a simple, continuous stitching technique to repair tears to the perineum after vaginal delivery can prevent one woman in six from ...

A perineal tear is a vaginal injury that can happen during childbirth. There are four degrees of perineal tears. They're rated on how bad the tear is, with a fourth-degree tear being the worst. An ...

A perineal tear is a tear or injury to the skin and/or muscles between the vaginal introitus and the anal opening. The most common setting for a perineal tear is during childbirth. After such incident ...

To prevent perineal lacerations, ob/gyns can use a variety of techniques, such as perineal compresses, on a patient during labor and should restrict the use of episiotomy, according to a practice ...

RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Women who have third- or fourth-degree perineal laceration repairs after the birth of their first baby may suffer an adversely impacted quality of life. Researchers at ...

In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Padma Srivastava, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Motherhood Hospitals in Pune's Lullanagar, explained, “Perineal tears are categorized into ...