TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Episiotomy
A1  - Orejuela, Francisco
A1  - Chisholm, Padraic
A2  - Reichman, Eric F.
PY  - 2018
T2  - Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e
AB  - An  episiotomy  is  a  surgical  incision  of  the  female  perineum  performed  at  the  time  of  delivery  to  increase  the  diameter  of  the  soft  tissue  pelvic  outlet  and  facilitate  a  vaginal  delivery.  It  is  one  of  the  most  commonly  performed  surgical  procedures  in  women  in  the  United  States  yet  it  is  controversial.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159806528
ER  -