Manual protection of the perineum reduces the risk of obstetric anal sphincter ruptures.
CONCLUSION: After the first year of intervention, our results demonstrate that manual protection of the perineum reduces the overall risk of OASIS significantly.
FUNDING: not relevant.
TRIAL REGISTRATION: not relevant.
PMID: 26050831 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Danish Medical Journal - Category: Journals (General) Tags: Dan Med J Source Type: research
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