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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2026

Episiotomy in Operative Vaginal Delivery Reduces the Risk of Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injuries in Nulliparous Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Andrea Braga, Maurizio Serati, Alessandro Ferdinando Ruffolo, Giorgio Treglia, Giorgio Caccia, Vita Zacesta, Giorgia Tenani, Marco Torella, Matteo Frigerio, Marco Soligo and 3 more

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Andrea BragaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, EOC-Beata Vergine Hospital, 6850 Mendrisio, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-4877-0640
Maurizio SeratiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Del Ponte Hospital, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy.
Alessandro Ferdinando RuffoloCHU Lille, Department of Gynaecology, Jeanne de Flandre University Hospital, 59000 Lille, France.ORCID 0000-0002-9983-523X
Giorgio TregliaFaculty of Biology and Medicine, Università della Svizzera Italiana, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9808-780X
Giorgio CacciaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, EOC-Beata Vergine Hospital, 6850 Mendrisio, Switzerland.
Vita ZacestaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, EOC-Beata Vergine Hospital, 6850 Mendrisio, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-2920-0968
Giorgia TenaniDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, EOC-Beata Vergine Hospital, 6850 Mendrisio, Switzerland.
Marco TorellaDepartment of Gynaecology, Obstetric and Reproductive Science, Second University of Naples, 80138 Naples, Italy.
Matteo FrigerioDepartment of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, San Gerardo Hospital, 20900 Monza, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3952-8462
Marco SoligoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hospital of Lodi, 26900 Lodi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4586-3195
Stefano SalvatoreDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, IRCSS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy.
Andrea PapadiaFaculty of Biology and Medicine, Università della Svizzera Italiana, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.
Greta CodoniDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, EOC-Beata Vergine Hospital, 6850 Mendrisio, Switzerland.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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episiotomyforceps deliveryOASISobstetric anal sphincter injuriesoperative vaginal deliverysevere perineal traumavacuum delivery

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PMCPMC13362376

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