The study included 442 women with episiotomies or second-degree tears who were randomly assigned to receive 3 doses of amoxicillin (500mg) with clavulanic acid (125mg) or placebo. HealthDay News — ...

It’s a surgical cut made during childbirth that doctors have been officially warned for more than a decade does more harm to women than good. Mothers who receive episiotomies – an incision at the ...

LAREDO — Linda Martinez had been in labor for more than 24 hours when, she said, her doctor told her, “We’re going to cut you a little bit.” Her obstetrician at Doctors Hospital of Laredo was about to ...

The practice of delivering babies has long been influenced by traditions, based on the theories of popular obstetricians rather than on scientific proof. Recently, though, some routine practices have ...

Expert Rev of Obstet Gynecol. 2010;5(3):301-309. Other studies continued to show an association of midline episiotomy and severe perineal lacerations. [11–14] These investigators found that the most ...

KARACHI: A multi-country study recently published in an international journal has linked episiotomy — an obstetric procedure routinely carried out in many developing countries, including Pakistan — ...

To prevent perineal lacerations, ob/gyns can use a variety of techniques, such as perineal compresses, on a patient during labor and should restrict the use of episiotomy, according to a practice ...

In first-time mothers requiring vacuum-assisted delivery, a lateral episiotomy (angled cut) in the tissue between the vaginal and anal opening more than halves the risk of obstetric anal sphincter ...

When Andrea Metti was in labor with her daughter Maggie, the young mother's vitals faltered as she went into distress. During the pregnancy, Metti had a rare and dangerous type of preeclampsia that ...