Continuous versus interrupted perineal repair with standard or rapidly absorbed sutures after spontaneous vaginal birth: a randomised controlled trial.

Background: Trauma to the perineum is a serious and frequent problem after childbirth, with about 350000 women each year in the UK needing sutures for perineal injury after spontaneous vaginal delivery, and many millions more worldwide. We compared the continuous technique of perineal repair with th...

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Published in:	Lancet Vol. 359; no. 9325; pp. 2217 - 2224
Main Authors:	Kettle C, Hills RK, Jones P, Darby L, Gray R, Johanson R, Kettle, Christine, Hills, Robert K, Jones, Peter, Darby, Louisa, Gray, Richard, Johanson, Richard
Format:	pictorial research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article
Published:	Lancet 6/29/2002
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost