The present study showed that the hands off and hands on techniques did not affect the frequency or severity of perineal trauma in women undergoing childbirth for the first time. There is not ...

The study recruited a self-selected population of pregnant women from a single obstetrician/nurse-midwife practice in the suburban Chicago area whose usual philosophy ...

Postpartum pain occurs after a woman gives birth and can have several causes. Oftentimes, when a woman gives birth, she either tears her perineum or her doctor must make a cut in it to widen the ...

Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have studied whether severe perineal tears – known as sphincter injuries – are reduced if the primary midwife has assistance of a colleague during the final ...

Hannah Dahlen receives funding from NHMRC and ARC. Christine Rubertsson receives funding from Lund university, Regional South Funds (SUS), Government ALF research grants from Lund university and Lund ...

Perineal pruritus can be a challenge to diagnose and treat. I was not able to find much information in the literature on this condition. Is perineal pruritus a form of allergic dermatitis? Can it be ...