RT Book, Section
A1 Orejuela, Francisco
A1 Chisholm, Padraic
A2 Reichman, Eric F.
SR Print(0)
ID 1159806528
T1 Episiotomy
T2 Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259861925
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159806528
RD 2024/04/19
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.