title: Episiotomy or perineal tears: compared with catgut, synthetic sutures reduce risk of short-term pain and need for resuturing; rapidly absorbing sutures comparable to synthetic but reduce the need for suture removal.
authors.affiliation: Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Department of Urogynaecology, St Mary’s Hospital, Praed Street, London, UK. ruwan.fernando@imperial.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Ruwan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fernando