
Is it the manual perineal support or the slowing of the fetal head descent that reduces anal sphincter injury?
Author(s) -
Levin Gabriel,
Rottenstreich Amihai,
Meyer Raanan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.1111/aogs.13796
Subject(s) - perineum , medicine , fetal head , anal sphincter , external anal sphincter , vaginal delivery , intervention (counseling) , episiotomy , surgery , fetus , nursing , anal canal , pregnancy , rectum , biology , genetics