ArticleFemale pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery
Perineal body length among different racial groups in the first stage of labor.
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- Promoting Respectful Maternity Care by Reducing Unnecessary Episiotomies: Experiences from Centers of Excellence for Breastfeeding in Vietnam.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- High Incidence of Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injuries among Immigrant Women of Asian Ethnicity.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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- The Female Pelvic Floor Fascia Anatomy: A Systematic Search and Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Relationship between Perineal Body Length and Degree of Perineal Tears in Primigravidas Undergoing Vaginal Delivery with Episiotomy.Obstetrics and gynecology international · 2021Article
- Associations Between Maternal Obesity and Race, with Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Hawai'i journal of medicine & public health : a journal of Asia Pacific Medicine & Public Health · 2019Article
- Perineal body length and perineal lacerations during delivery in primigravid patients.Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center) · 2017Article
- Evaluation of training programme uptake in an attempt to reduce obstetric anal sphincter injuries: the SUPPORT programme.International urogynecology journal · 2017Article
- Comparison of the Efficiency of Posterior Intravaginal Sling (PIVS) Procedure in Older and Younger Groups.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2016Article
- Obstetric anal sphincter injuries: review of anatomical factors and modifiable second stage interventions.International urogynecology journal · 2015Review
- Perineorrhaphy quantitative assessment (Pe-QA).International urogynecology journal · 2015Article
- Modeling manual perineal protection during vaginal delivery.International urogynecology journal · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectiveAnatomic differences among racial groups may contribute to observed differences in the occurrence of severe perineal lacerations at the time of vaginal delivery. The purpose of this study was to identify differences in perineal body length between racial groups.
methodsPerineal body length was measured in primigravid women aged 18 to 45 years who were admitted in labor. Women were classified into 1 of 6 racial groups: White, Filipino, Japanese, Chinese, Native Hawaiian, or Micronesian. The primary outcome, perineal body length, was compared using analysis of variance.
resultsA total of 200 women were recruited. There were no significant differences in perineal body length (P = 0.42) and severe perineal lacerations (P = 0.82) between the different racial groups. The mean (SD) perineal body length of women who had a severe laceration was 3.9 (0.5) versus 3.9 (0.6) cm in women who did not have a severe laceration (P= 0.98).
conclusionPerineal body length does not seem to differ among the different racial groups studied and therefore an unlikely cause of racial variation in rates of severe perineal lacerations.
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