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ArticleObstetrics and gynecology international2025

Effectiveness of Intrapartum Perineal Massage in Preventing Perineal Trauma in Nulliparous Women During the Second Stage of Labour: A Randomised Controlled Trial.

Obinna K Nnabuchi, George U Eleje, Joseph I Adinma, Emmanuel O Ugwu, Ahizechukwu C Eke, Joseph I Ikechebelu, Okechukwu C Ikpeze, Betrand O Nwosu, Gerald O Udigwe, Joseph O Ugboaja and 14 more

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Article in Obstetrics and gynecology international, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

Obinna K NnabuchiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria.
George U ElejeDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0390-2152
Joseph I AdinmaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria.
Emmanuel O UgwuDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria.
Ahizechukwu C EkeDivision of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Joseph I IkechebeluDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2515-8464
Okechukwu C IkpezeDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria.
Betrand O NwosuDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria.
Gerald O UdigweDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria.
Joseph O UgboajaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria.
Osita S UmeononihuDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria.
Chukwudi A OgabidoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria.
Ikechukwu I MbachuDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria.
Chukwuemeka O EzeamaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria.
Richard O EgeonuDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria.
Arinze C IkeotuonyeDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria.
Tobechi K NjokuDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria.
Chukwuemeka C OkoroDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria.
Charlotte B OguejioforDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria.
Ifeanyichukwu J OforDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, ESUT College of Medicine, Parklane, Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2276-9446
Ifeoma M NnabuchiDepartment of Chemical Pathology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria.
Chidinma C OkaforDepartment of Psychiatry, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
Chinedu L OlisaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria.
Chigozie G OkaforDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4458-8216

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

lacerationnulliparityperineal massageperineal painsecond stage of labourvaginal delivery

Identifiers

PMID40224560
PMCPMC11991778

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