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 ...

In the present study, we observed a greater frequency of perineal lacerations than the former study at our institution (Itapecerica da Serra, described above). [13] In this study, 81.4% of the ...

Aspects of intrapartum and immediate postpartum care, as reviewed above, affect perineal pain after childbirth. Although perineal pain tends to diminish in the weeks and months after birth, [3,4,9] ...