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2020•Canadian Medical Association JournalOpen access

Routine use of episiotomy with forceps should not be encouraged

Michael Klein, Janusz Kaczorowski

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Muraca and colleagues show an association between forceps delivery without episiotomy and rising severe perineal trauma.[1][1] This large, retrospective study of administrative data examined hospital births only. The study does not report a breakdown by provider type, though the database from the

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Muraca and colleagues show an association between forceps delivery without episiotomy and rising severe perineal trauma.[1][1] This large, retrospective study of administrative data examined hospital births only. The study does not report a breakdown by provider type, though the database from the

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Muraca and colleagues show an association between forceps delivery without episiotomy and rising severe perineal trauma.[1][1] This large, retrospective study of administrative data examined hospital births only. The study does not report a breakdown by provider type, though the database from the

Key concepts: Episiotomy, Forceps, Forceps delivery, Medicine, Obstetrics, Retrospective cohort study, Obstetrical Forceps, Pregnancy

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