Episiotomy in childbirth: Perspectives of postpartum women, obstetricians and traditional birth attendants in Cotabato City

• Main Author: Regudo, Joel M.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1999
• Subjects: Childbirth; Episiotomy; Rural women; Labor (Obstetrics) > Complications; Obstetrics > Surgery; Manners and customs; Medicine and Health Sciences
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/2005
• Institution: De La Salle University

Routine or prophylactic episiotomy is the quintessential example of a obstetrical procedure that persists despite a lack of evidence for it and a considerable body of evidence against it. It has become one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures. This study seeks to describe and explore t...