title: Does episiotomy increase perineal laceration length in primiparous women?
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. amy_denham@med.unc.edu
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Denham
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004841:Episiotomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D022125:Lacerations / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D010298:Parity; D010502:Perineum / Q000293:injuries*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011336:Probability; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012494:Sampling Studies