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Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica Volume 87, 2008 - Issue 5
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Increasing incidence of anal sphincter tears among primiparas in Sweden: A population-based register study

Cecilia Ekéus Department of Woman and Child Health, Division of Reproductive and Perinatal Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Emma Nilsson Centre for Epidemiology, the National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm, Sweden
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Karin Gottvall Department of International Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Pages 564-573 | Received 31 Oct 2007, Published online: 03 Aug 2009

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Christophe Clesse, Joëlle Lighezzolo-Alnot, Sylvie De Lavergne, Sandrine Hamlin & Michèle Scheffler. (2019) Socio-historical evolution of the episiotomy practice: A literature review. Women & Health 59:7, pages 760-774.
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Rajnish P Patel & Sunita M Ubale. (2014) Evaluation of the angled Episcissors-60® episiotomy scissors in spontaneous vaginal deliveries. Medical Devices: Evidence and Research 7, pages 253-256.
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S. I. M. F. Ismail & B. Puyk. (2014) The rise of obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIS): 11-year trend analysis using Patient Episode Database for Wales (PEDW) data. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 34:6, pages 495-498.
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V. Tyagi, M. Perera & K. Guerrero. (2013) Trends in obstetric anal sphincter injuries over 10 years. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 33:8, pages 844-849.
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Sari Helena Räisänen, Katri Vehviläinen-Julkunen, Mika Gissler & Seppo Heinonen. (2009) Lateral episiotomy protects primiparous but not multiparous women from obstetric anal sphincter rupture. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica 88:12, pages 1365-1372.
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Cecilia Ekéus, Anders Hjern & Anna Hjelmstedt. (2009) The need for epidural analgesia is related to birthweight – a population-based register study. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica 88:4, pages 397-401.
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