Episiotomies used to be commonplace, but now they're only used if something goes wrong during the birthing process.

At one time, episiotomy was a routine procedure performed on women during childbirth. These days, however, it is increasingly used on a case-by-case basis. Research conducted in the municipality of ...

LOS ANGELES, May 7 – While episiotomy rates have continued to decrease over the past 19 years, the procedure is still overused, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of ...

In first-time mothers requiring vacuum-assisted delivery, a lateral episiotomy (angled cut) in the tissue between the vaginal and anal opening more than halves the risk of obstetric anal sphincter ...

The mean age at delivery of women in the data set was calculated as 35.26 years (±4.68), the mean BMI before pregnancy 22.04 kg/m 2 (±3.74) with a comparable value at the interview stage, and the mean ...